Quotes About Optimization

Get a version 1.0 out there as soon as you can. Until you have some users to measure, you're optimizing based on guesses.

Treat a startup as an optimization problem in which performance is measured by number of users.

Get a version 1.0 out there as soon as you can. Until you have some users to measure, you're optimizing based on guesses.

We've been told that Henry Ford never fired employees but shifted them around until he found the niche that was right for them. A

The streams which would otherwise diverge to fertilize a thousand meadows, must be directed into one deep narrow channel before they can turn a mill.

Almost every project could be done better, and an infinite quantity of information is now available that could make that happen.

The quality of our workflow management is only as good as the weakest link in this five-phase chain, so all the links must be integrated and supported with consistent standards.

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.

Redundancy is blessed, but efficiency is divine.

Finding and Fixing the "Hidden Factory" 1.?Map out your existing process step by step from beginning to end. 2.?Map common workarounds in case of problems. 3.?Optimize your process and involve end users. 4.?Confirm that the new processes are more efficient and improve results for end users.

The 80/20 rule asserts that approximately 80 percent of the effects generated by any large system are caused by 20 percent of the variables in that system.

80 percent of a product's usage involves 20 percent of its features.

Frustra fit per plura quod potest fieri per pauciora [It is futile to do with more things that which can be done with fewer]

Nothing was wasted that could contribute to the process of waste. The last dying kick was brought into military utility.

Every single one of our acts is ruled by the laws of economy.

First you find out what you have , Dad would say. Then you figure out how to make it work for what you need, 'cause you don't get what you want. You get just what you have and no more.

Eventually, money will optimize itself and everything around it.

The philosophy at Valve and Gearbox is that if things can't be done better, they shouldn't be done at all.

You only produce one car less than the demand for the vehicle. You just don't exceed that equation.

We learn more about how human brains work. And that leads us to ideas about how to make human brains work better.

The computer should be doing the hard work. That's what it's paid to do, after all.

First you find out what you have, Dad would say. Then you figure out how to make it work for what you need, 'cause you don't get what you want. You get just what you have and no more.

Understand the concept of time and find ways to maximize it effectively

Convert your time into useful assets