--- title: Theory of Constraints in software development date: "2005-12-07T12:00:00Z" categories: - links wp_id: 485 description: I found that Microsoft's IT department successfully applied the Theory of Constraints to software development. This approach focuses on identifying and managing system bottlenecks to optimize overall project flow and engineering throughput. keywords: [theory of constraints, software development, microsoft, it management, bottlenecks, process improvement] --- Microsoft's IT department has used the [Theory of Constraints in software development](http://www.clarkeching.com/2005/11/theory_of_const.html). --- ## Comments - **Suresh** _17 May 2006 5:39 am_: Interesting and informative