Triage technique
- Eliot Muir
- Aryn Wiebe
Owned by Eliot Muir
Triage is a very effective management technique to manage scarce resources by making decisions more quickly on how to deal with problems.
The classic example of triage comes from healthcare:
Don’t prioritize care to patients with no hope of survival - it’s a waste of resources
Don’t prioritize care to patients who will be fine without immediate treatment
Instead prioritize care to patients who for whom getting timely medical care will make difference between living and dying.
Triage is a very helpful concept for thinking about many processes which involve prioritization.