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OPS.9:3 - Forces

ForcePractical tension
urgent treatment and adequate diagnosisDelay can be costly, but the wrong treatment consumes resources and can move congestion elsewhere.
one focal constraint and distributed delayFocusing effort helps, while several short waits or alternating regimes can defeat one-resource explanations.
local measures and accepted resultsTouch time, busy time and queue length can change without changing what the operation delivers.
useful probes and protected conditionsA probe can discriminate explanations only while preserving the relevant professional, acceptance and comparison conditions.
learning and migrationA useful treatment changes the arrangement; its success can make the former constraint cease to be current.