Building Reliable Internet Operations

Reliability fails quietly first

Choosing Factory Modernizers

Manufacturers need specialists who can modernize operations without disrupting output

Fix Billing Leakage

Infusion billing losses usually begin in workflow, not in the billing platform.

Hick's Law

More choices and uncertainty slow decisions

Little's Law

A simple relationship among work in process, throughput and time helps reveal where systems are overloaded

Ashby's Law of Requisite Variety

Complex problems require an adequate repertoire of responses

Pilot / PoC / Rollout

Distinguishing Technical Validation from Operational Scale and Market Adoption

Law of Diminishing Returns

More input eventually yields less additional output

Operational vs Strategy Consultant

Fixing the Engine versus Deciding the Destination

Consultant vs Contractor

Strategy versus Execution and Problem Solving versus Task Completion

Consultant vs Project Manager

Defining the Strategic Logic versus Driving the Tactical Execution

Experience Curve Effect

Cumulative experience can lower unit cost