Vocabulary · Volume 1 and Volume 2
Target
Something the organization intends to achieve. Capacity planning examines a target as a scenario; an ambitious sales target is not a prediction of realized demand.
Discussed in the book
Chapters where “Target” is discussed at length, ranked by how directly each section treats it.
- Volume I, Chapter 1: What Computing Costs
Sections: One problem, two dashboards
- Volume I, Chapter 3: The Players and the Vocabulary
Sections: The nouns that change a meeting
- Volume I, Chapter 11: Exotic Hardware: Quantum and Emerging Capacity
Sections: Two or three beats ahead · Quantum, honestly assessed
- Volume II, Chapter 14: Seasonal Variation
- Volume II, Chapter 16: A Portfolio of Customers
Sections: A process for the largest consumers and the long tail
- Volume II, Chapter 21: Multiple Markets
Sections: One register, not a private law firm