Lessons tagged “bottleneck-analysis”
14 published lessons with this tag.
Bottleneck relationships create fragility
When everything must flow through a single connection that connection is a critical vulnerability.
Find the bottleneck before optimizing
Improving anything other than the bottleneck does not improve the system.
The theory of constraints applied to personal systems
Identify exploit and elevate your personal bottlenecks systematically.
Common personal bottlenecks
Decision-making information processing energy management and context switching.
Exploit the bottleneck first
Before adding capacity make sure the bottleneck is fully utilized.
Subordinate non-bottlenecks
Adjust other parts of your system to support the bottleneck rather than running at their own pace.
After fixing one bottleneck another emerges
The constraint shifts — return to step one and find the new bottleneck.
Bottleneck cascades
Sometimes fixing one bottleneck reveals that a downstream constraint was hidden.
Human bottlenecks in team systems
In collaborative work specific people are often the constraint.
Tool bottlenecks
Sometimes a tool is the constraint and upgrading or replacing it unblocks the whole system.
Process bottlenecks
Inefficient processes create artificial constraints that can be designed away.
Information bottlenecks
When you cannot get the information you need to proceed the information flow is the constraint.
Energy as a system bottleneck
Sometimes your energy level is the binding constraint and no process improvement helps.
Bottleneck visibility
Make your current bottleneck visible so you can focus on it.