The Origin of the Goal Tree
  By H. William Dettmer

TOCICO is pleased to recognize this paper as part of the TOC Body of Knowledge.

The Goal Tree really is the foundation for all the trees in the Logical Thinking Process. And after nearly 30 years, we can still say that the Logical Thinking Process is the best policy analysis tool ever created. And the lion's share of the credit for that goes to a physicist who didn't let the field of physics constraint his creativity — Eli Goldratt.