Check → Balance

A discussion of the philosophy of constraints and how they can be viewed as resources rather than limits.

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1. Check ↠ Balance JC Grubbs @thegrubbsian
2. constrain |kənˈstrān| verb [ with obj. ] severely restrict the scope, extent, or activity of - confine or compel towards a particular course of action
3. In any system, the key benefits of constraint are in limiting the rate of change the problem scope, and the possible solutions.
7. Constraints fight chaos.
8. Constraints promote balance.
9. Known Willful Positive Unkown Situational Negative
10. Known Willful Positive ! Harness/Exploit Unknown Situational Negative ! React/Defend ↠ ↠
14. Constraints fight chaos.
15. Constraints promote balance.
19. Constraints fight chaos.
20. Constraints promote balance.
21. Velocity Budget Quality Cheap Good Fast
22. Often seen as limiting. You may only choose two.
23. They really are, resource potential. They tell you what you have, not what you lack.
24. Time Funding Features Team Users Risk
25. Time Setting visible milestones drives visibility and discussion. Avoid open-ended tasks.
26. Funding Don’t hide the dollars, let the team see projects the way the business does.
27. Features Treat features as inventory, don’t let them depreciate, limit work in process.
28. Team Match skills, personality, attitude and problems carefully. Spend attention wisely.
29. Risk Risk is a currency, trade it for things that can empower the team and the business.
30. Users Limit product direction based on data. Users become a data source not just consumers.
31. Constraints tell you what you can accomplish, they expose realistic expectations, they drive alignment, and empower creation.
32. Constraints fight chaos.
33. Constraints promote balance.