Hamming worksheet

Think of it this way. Suppose you have, say, six components in the flywheel, and you score your performance in each from 1 to 10. What happens if your execution scores are 9, 10, 8, 3, 9, and 10? The entire flywheel stalls at the component scoring 3. To regain momentum, you need to bring that 3 up to at least an 8.

The basic premise of TOC is that at any given time, a system is always limited by a single constraint or weakest link. Imagine

Our capacity for work is limited by a host of factors including the amount of time we have, the predictability of the task at hand, our level of experience with the task type, our energy level, and the amount of work we currently have in progress. Limiting WIP allows us the time to focus, work quickly, react calmly to change, and do a thoughtful jo

The first thing we must do is to pin down the step in the flow that will determine the overall shape of our operation, which we’ll call the limiting step.

STEP 1: ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS