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The Goal by Eliyaho Goldratt

• Jtsummers 8y ago
  Eliyahu (I only realized the typo because I have it sitting right here). I've read The Phoenix Project which is an IT/software/devops analog of it (covering the same topics, but for those fields rather than manufacturing as the focus). I really liked it (the writing was average, but it was a great way to introduce the concepts), and stumbled across this in our (undocumented, no one knows what books are there) office library. I've read the first 1/4 and I'm going to put it on my manager's desk once I'm done. For those curious what this book (and the one I mentioned) is about: Theory of constraints. But it's not just that. It goes through, in the form of a novel, the experience of a plant manager (VP of IT or something in Phoenix Project) as they go from clusterf--k mess towards a leaner, tighter, functioning plant. An important lesson to take away (besides ToC itself) is that you have to make that lean enterprise the target. You cannot just, from day 0 of your clean up, rearrange everything and expect positive results. It's a growth process, a process of continuous improvement. If you have any role in project management, and have any desire to clean up how your office or enterprise functions, these are really good books to help along the way.