Dear All, I'm an assistant professor at Cairo University - Egypt. I'm trying to introduce the concepts of CCPM into my PM courses (both graduate and...
Hi Hisham, My favourites are from Frank Patrick's website: http://www.focusedperformance.com/projects.html For an easy reading overview of TOC look at Chapter...
Another thought . You may be able to negotiate educational prices for showing the GSP (Goldratt Satellite Program) critical chain video at www.eligoldratt.com ...
I have really enjoyed reading _Advanced Project Portfolio Management and the PMO_ by Kendall and Rollins. It is even set up as a text book with questions and...
Hello, I am building my first CC plan. This plan is about producing a video game (I work as project coordinator for a large video game company). As with most...
... Do you have any consultant working with you or is this a home-grown implementation? I suspect the latter, since it sounds like you've fallen into the not...
Hi! ProChain should have the capability to allow for varying buffers per task. Not used too often, but sometimes necessary. I think you put average durations...
Frank: no, you're right we don't have any consultant working with us. Now I see the point of asking for two estimates: a tight one and a "realistic" one. Might...
Well worth to take a look at: http://toc-goldratt.com/insights_excerpts/index.php?ses=3&file=1&ext=2 Regards, Matias Birrell ... Management ... other ... way...
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Hi Hisham, for the last two months I selected lots of material from the internet regarding CCPM. I want to use this material to educate projectmanagers in my...
Hello Hisham, I teach project management at various University of California campuses and have some pretty good materials that we have accumulated from various...
Marty, That's an interesting comment, that "purists and Jonahs" don't like your approach. It begs the question, what it is they don't like? Steve Holt ... ...
The thing that bothers me about most "purists"....is that they think their model is complete. We haven't even got a perfect model for gravity yet; what makes...
On 11/6/03 8:21 PM, "martin.wartenberg@..." <martin.wartenberg@...> ... I'm curious, Marty... Where are the major disconnects? While I'm a Jonah and a...
Like Frank, I am a Jonah and advocate CCPM, but nothing is perfect and those who want to will continue learning forever. If there are some topics which you...
Hello Can anybody help me in despatch Law of material with wood packing. The needed pre requisits for the packing of machined rolls need to be dispatched to...
Hi John, In all fairness, I shouldn't generalize about "all" When I do, I almost always find exceptions. Some of the areas that I do is change to the language...
Hi Frank I responded to your question to another member. If you would like to discuss further, I'm open to a dialogue or telephone call. I've worked with TOC...
Most current Jonah's would agree with you Marty. In my Jonah training we spent a good amount of time talking about how to present the TOC tools using language...
Hi all, I am compiling a list of links of successful case histories of Critical Chain used in Construction at www.CriticalChain.iwarp.com Should you come...
Hi Michael, I've been a devotee of Leach's stuff as it was the first really practical book that I was able to use with both students and in companies. For some...
Hi Cass, Thanks for the positive input. The big difference is between those of us who have to implement the practices in a non fertile environment and have to ...
Marty _____ Some of the areas that I do is change to the language and not use the TOC terms, like current reality tree or vanishing clouds or even the term ...
John, I generally use terms from the basics of business process improvement like flow charting, mind mapping and decision tree's which have been taught in ...
(For those who don't know, a Habitat Affiliate in New Zealand several years ago created a Habitat world record by building (assembling) a house in 3 hrs 45...
Frank Patrick said: "While I'm a Jonah and a strong CCPM proponent, I try to avoid being a "purist" in anything. The path of purism is one of stagnation." ...
Marty In spite of PMI's lack of official endorsement, the "rank and file" are still interested in the concepts of CCPM and we do need to keep this before them....
I don't know if you realized that his book is available on the Yourdon Web Site. I downloaded the book a few months ago. It was still missing a chapter. Marty...
Hi Dann, I've been doing a lot of work with several Pharma companies including Merck Research Labs and Pfizer, both in La Jolla. I've found them to be ...
