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S1E02 The problems at full capacity utilisation

S1E02 The problems at full capacity utilisation

Feb 01, 2018

Introduction

"if everyone is busy we must be productive"

"if someone is idle there must be spare capacity to be utilised"

Traffic congestion theory

 

Resource allocation

Simple allocation

Complex allocation

Conditions:

  • Size is correct

  • No variation

Estimation

Normal Distribution

Gamma distribution

 

Variability

Now what?

Organisational response 

Familiar buzz words gets thrown around:

  • Prioritisation

  • Expediting

  • Reallocation

  • Task switching

  • Management focus

 

"adding human resources to a late software project makes it later" - Brook's Law

What to do

  1. Communicate risk early

  2. Build slack into the plan

  3. Realise that changing adds overhead

Reading recommendation

The Phoenix Project by George Spafford, Gene Kim, Kevin Behr

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