If you can find a way to get more projects done without adding resources, you will have a greater ability both to expand capacity at the constraint, and to use that additional capacity to drive up throughput.
We can boost highway throughput in a number of ways—here are some common ones:
- We can keep the road free of impediments and in good working order.
- We can increase traffic density (e.g., carpooling).
- We can meter the on-ramps whenever their inflow slows the main flow of traffic.
- We can recruit underutilized resources elsewhere.
- We can try and make the cars go faster.
