How would you identify and elevate a team's primary constraint?
This tests your systems thinking beyond local optimization. A great answer follows the 5 Focusing Steps: Identify, Exploit, Subordinate, Elevate, Repeat. A red flag is jumping to 'hire more people' before exploiting the existing constraint and subordinating…
This tests your ability to apply systems thinking (Theory of Constraints) to a delivery pipeline, moving beyond local optimizations. A strong answer methodically follows the 5 Focusing Steps: Identify the constraint, Exploit its current capacity, Subordinate all other processes to its pace, Elevate its capacity by adding resources, and finally, Repeat the cycle. The most common mistake is jumping to 'Elevate' (hiring/buying tools) before proving you've exhausted the first three, cheaper steps.
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