> One of our Sr Staff Engineers, Rafael Ferreira, ran some numbers and applied queueing theory. Is it just me or is queueing theory seemingly misused all over

> One of our Sr Staff Engineers, Rafael Ferreira, ran some numbers and applied queueing theory. Is it just me or is queueing theory seemingly misused all over the place in software engineering. I don't know what was applied here, as it's omitted, but I've certainly seen people suggest that doing things like mandating that cycle time is decreased will increase throughput and justifying what they are saying with "queue theory". Mathematical constructs are great, but they aren't worth much if you can't ensure their constraints are met.