Exploiting your bottlenecks - The Goal part two
I spoke about this engineering book, The Goal, in a previous post
To really improve one’s throughput, it is essential to see which tasks cause things to ‘pile up’. People can commonly think, when something isn’t getting done, it’s down to procrastination (or some other ‘time thief’).
Some closer analysis may be helpful! If you just don’t feel right about doing the task, could the process call for you to do something against your instinct or values? Or do you need more skills? Or are you scared of something? Or are you just giving this activity too little time in your schedule?
Assuming you’ve really got your overall goal really clear, and this task that isn’t getting done is essential to your throughput, maybe it’s time you took time out to really sort out what you need to do. Your overall performance depends on it!
Who else could do this?
How else could you do it?(What tools/skills do you need?)
What alternatives do you have?
What is this bottleneck really costing you in terms of your overall performance?
If you’re thinking there’s nothing you can do, and you’re willing to put up with your current performance, what does it say about you and your work style?