Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: My soap-loading technique isn't revolutionary, but it does demonstrate a point about process design: You can eliminate delays in starting a process by front-loading tasks whenever possible. Front-loading changes when you do tasks but not their order. The process still involves a loop: load dishes, add soap, press start button, empty dishes repeat. You've only changed your mental model of where the loop starts.
Source: Queue
DOI: 10.1145/3722546
Author: Thomas A. Limoncelli
Language: English
Subfield: Management Information Systems
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4409159630