Hi, Santiago Yes, several take place, each leading to new committment...followed by the same result. One can certainly argue that it means the sense of urgency...
Non sequitur = “it does not follow” We were discussing Flush. To me, it appears that the reference, to the definition of information, does not follow the...
I don’t see why you have a problem, with the assumption that cash is constant. Cash is a form of information, and information is one of the invariants of...
As I understand it the Flush approach extends the idea of payback period the "dollar-days" as opposed to straight dollars. Dollar-days are the basis for...
Kik, As I understand it, Flush adds the Throughput concept. Therefore, EVA focuses on the cost of opportunity capital, while Flush focuses on the rate of...
Hi, Tony Only because cash isn't constant for any business. I can get lot's more cash if I am willing to pay the interest. I would agree that there ia a...
Larry, There are a number of faulty reasons for allowing non-project-work interruptions (I think this is what you are really asking about) and it might be...
Hi Larry, You might want to have a look at: http://www.askaboutprojects.com/questions/114/how-do-you-prioritize-your-tasks A number of project management...
Larry, Do you mean non-project work like meetings, vacations, training, desk organizing, making coffee and being ill, or things like emergencies/fire fighting,...
Hi, Kik Nope, I am really asking about what I asked about. Prioritizing non project work task amongst prioritized project work tasks. We are not talking...
Hi, Kik In a program, one source you might consider is "action items"...things that come up, and are not scheduled task. They need to be done as part of the...
Hi, Skip These are Engineering organizations that support both capital projects and maintenance engineering. The "non-project" work is the engineering to...
Hi, Tony I recognized one of the respondents (Oliver). He is aware of multiporject CCPM, although his answer wouldn't let you know that. The others were...
Larry, This may be part of what some of my acquaintances and I (among ourselves) sometimes call "Big Company Disease." It essentially refers to circumstances...
"These are Engineering organizations that support both capital projects and maintenance engineering" One standard mitigation approach in such organizations is...
Hi Tony, I have not seen the question asked this specifically. What was asked was how to priroritize the tasks in general. Though some of the answers actually...
Hello Larry, If an effective resource-control function is in place, I prefer the use of capacity-buffers, enough to account for most of the non-project work. ...
All- For what it's worth, non-project-work of this variety shows up in more than engineering environments. I particularly like the way Larry described it: ...
Hi, Jack You clearly understand the situation. Yes, one can reduce the available resource for projects by either sequestering them; i.e. leave them out of the...
Larry, We both know that (except in movies, scary novels, and the _Lone Ranger_) there are no silver bullets. As long as top executives are satisfied with...
Larry, The best way I know how is to add yet a third class of task: the lower priority project task. The process is roughly to assign people to projects taking...
Just in case you hadn't noticed ....Eli Goldratt's new business novel "Isn't It Obvious" is very nearly out. It's an excellent book, this time looking at the...
Larry I realize that the idea of an availability parameter could be used as a basis for multitasking, but that was not my intention. In my scenario, ...
Larry, Very good topic for discussion. When I hear that question, I always make the analogy with some category of patients (fortunately only a few think like...
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