Book review: Goal

29 Apr 2023 books

testing update

interested in operational excellence

different from amp it up /score will take care of itself (https://twitter.com/eglyman/status/1470468707763773444?lang=ca)
two worlds of this: systems design and coaching

raw notes

applying to building startups
- what is throughput for a product org? is it features/tickets?
  - is system of delivery the correct goal/system to focus on?
  - throughput = "insights" into what customers find valuable
    - or a tested hypothesis
- eliminate external constraints
general idea of management as a science
time spent in waiting is more than time spent in processing
an hour lost at bottleneck is an hour lost in throughput
style of writing a non-fiction/business book
- were the personal story bits relevant? yes - analogies
manual for factorio
imagine systems as chains - dependent asks with statistic fluctuations
emphasis on systems thinking, an application of systems thinking
identification of constraints - 2 people look at different constraints in the system
- disagreement in prioritisation and strategy
local efficiency is not helpful - what is an engg manager to optimise for?
measurements