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The irreducible epistemic atoms underlying the curriculum. 4,828 atoms across 8 types
Rule
Only optimize the constraint — verify that improving…
Before attempting to improve a feedback loop component, verify it is actually the constraint by measuring whether improvements there would increase total system throughput, as optimizing non-constraints produces local gains without system-level improvement.
1 lessonsystems-thinkingtheory-of-constraintsoptimization
Rule
Optimize only the single slowest step — improvements…
Direct optimization effort exclusively at the single slowest step in a workflow, treating all improvements to non-bottleneck steps as wasted effort regardless of their magnitude.
2 lessonstheory-of-constraintsbottleneck-optimizationworkflow-throughput