Title page; CIP data; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I The Destination; Chapter 1 Introduction to the Theory of Contraints; Chapter 2 Categories of Legitimate Reservation; Chapter 3 Goal Tree; Part II Gap Analysis and Correction; Chapter 4 Current Reality Tree; Chapter 5 Evaporating Cloud; Chapter 6 Future Reality Tree; Part III Executing Change; Chapter 7 Prerequisite and Transition Trees; Chapter 8 Changing the Status Quo; Epilogue; Appendix A Strategic Goal Tree; Appendix B Executive Summary Trees; Appendix C Current Reality Tree Exercise.;A major rewrite of Dettmer's classic Goldratt's Theory of Constraints, this new edition presents a whole new approach to building and applying logic trees. The logical thinking process referred to in the title is nothing less than a broadly applicable, systems-level approach to policy analysis. Dettmer has streamlined the process of constructing the logic trees while simultaneously ensuring that the results are more logically sound and closer representations of reality than ever before. He explains an easier, more logically sound way to integrate Current Reality Trees with Evaporating Clouds.