#throughput #outcome #process #focus
Idea
To accelerate outcome, reduce WIP. This accelerates delivering what's being worked on, enabling to iterate faster to get to the right thing, lowers waste, increase confidence in the process.
Links
- less wip (blog)
- Reducing WIP is reducing Cognitive load and working memory
Reference
- Principles of Product Development Flow, Donald Reinertsen, is demonstrating this mathematically
- In the Mythical Man Month, Brooks is already referencing doing one component at a time
- David Allen in Getting Things Done:
There is always more to do than you can do, and you can do only one thing at a time. The key is to feel as good about what you’re not doing as about what you are doing at that moment.
~ Getting Things Done: the art of stress-free productivity, David Allen