Very frequently, the location and character of a system's constraint will define the dynamic of that system at a particular point in time. And that dynamic is characterized by the kinds of symptomatic issues and problems -- the Undesirable Effects -- that make its management a challenging endeavor. This would suggest that we might be able to get a good sense of where today's constraint is by seeing if certain clusters of symptoms exist.

This self-assessment page provides a simplified "quick-and-dirty" approach to help suggest what your current constraint might be. It is not intended to be a perfect vehicle for diagnosis, but rather it's designed to provide some basic direction for thinking about what your current concerns suggest about appropriate steps to address them.

Once you see where your symptoms lead and you've browsed this site to get an overview of possible solutions, you are invited to contact Focused Performance to discuss how you might find TOC useful to break your constraints and unleash hidden capacity and capabilities in your organization.