Q5 What will the reader be able to achieve after reading the book?
The reader should stand a much better chance of helping their organization
to change the behaviors that need to change in order to get real
improvements, whatever their role might be. If they're already in the midst
of an implementation, they should gain a good idea of what holes they might
need to patch. And if they've "finished" an implementation, it should help
them to reassess where they are compared with where they could be. Note
that I didn't say what kind of implementation we're talking about. It could
be critical chain scheduling and it could be ProChain Project Management,
but I think many parts of the book are applicable to other kinds of change
efforts as well.
The reassessment issue is interesting. One thing I've found is that, as
people work towards rapid benefits using TOC, they often leave off
important change management elements. That can eventually cause an
implementation to stagnate or decline. This is touched on a couple of
places in the book (e.g. p. 140), but I'm thinking it may be a good topic
for a blog entry or two (see http://billiondollarsolution.
