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Thinkie: Reduce Utilization

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Kent Beck
Apr 02, 2024
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Pattern: We need to get more done but we’re already busy as we can be.

Transformation: What would happen if we reduced utilization?

Reduce Utilization is based on Kingman’s Formula which states the unintuitive (to many folks) result that as utilization of a rate-limiting resource approaches 100%, the time required to process a new item of work approaches …

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