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Tiago here. Roadrunner mode probably sounds a lot like the "crisis mode" we're all used to in most orgs, but it's actually more like supercompensation principl
by tychoman 10y ago
Tiago here.
Roadrunner mode probably sounds a lot like the "crisis mode" we're all used to in most orgs, but it's actually more like supercompensation principle in all types of learning and training. You focus w/ everything you have, and then recover. Most orgs try to balance capacity, which results in this steady state of draining yet not really productive work. Theory of Constraints (which is what this thread is based on) says you should instead balance flow.
- xorgar831 10y agoBut why not say "starting working at the correct time" and address the issue head on vs. playing psychological games?
- tychoman 10y agoBut what is the correct time? There is a whole subfield of project mgmt dedicated to exploring the theories around this question. And the line between "psychological games" and "psychology" is very thin, some would say non-existent.
- xorgar831 10y agoExactly my point, figure out the correct time and optimize for that, introducing what's effectively a neurosis seems kinda of neurotic way to work :)
- tychoman 10y agoBut there is no correct time. That's a deterministic paradigm, whereas tasks are probabilistic events, with a distribution of possible points. Take a given task, and there are versions or scenarios where it takes 1x units of time, all the way to 100x. What critical chain does is help the worker play with the 3 sides of the PM triangle, time, budget, and scope, in a way that optimizes for the global throughput, not just their little local optimum.
- xorgar831 10y agoThat makes sense. Yep.