Group, BACKGROUND I am new to the Critical Chain group. I work for Union Switch & Signal in Pittburgh, PA (http://www.switch.com). We are a supplier of control...
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kevbook@...
Apr 9, 2001 7:57 pm
Hi, My name is Kevin I work in the Bay Area, I've been with my current employer for just over three years, and I recently moved into the role of a New Design...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
Apr 19, 2001 9:31 pm
This list has been entirely too quiet. I've hesitated responding to this one ... Sure we do. And it's worth every penny. ;-) But seriously, any reasonable...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
May 9, 2001 1:07 pm
As moderator of this group, I'm aware that we've had a few new members join over the last month, but as we are all aware, very little activity on the message...
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martin.wartenberg@...
May 9, 2001 2:47 pm
Frank, One of the difficulty lies in the lack of credible data showing companies that have used the various techniques and improvements. Forgetting the hype on...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
May 9, 2001 3:39 pm
... I'm not sure how to separate "hype" from "data,' but the upcoming TOC World conference in LA in June will feature a number of Project Management case...
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Ajay Puria
a_puria@...
May 10, 2001 5:03 am
Hello Frank, Yes! the group has been quite and it starts with me. In INDIA TOC education is just starting however, when we talk about CCPM in a class (I'm an...
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Pepijn van de Vorst
Pepijn.vandevorst@...
May 10, 2001 8:46 am
Hi Frank, Maybe the e-mail I read yesterday evening gives you also a clue what is causing doubts with "experienced" project managers. It seems that a lot of...
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Carlos Martin Diaz
cmd@...
May 10, 2001 10:04 am
Dear Frank, one of the problems I see in implementing CC is fear. Let me explain it. One can be a good or bad project manager (PM). One can have a lot of...
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Juan A. Cisneros M.
jcisnero@...
May 10, 2001 11:03 am
lately I had a discussion with a friend who runs a Tannery (leather factory), he has splited the factory in three parts, the first two are using SDBR and...
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Juan A. Cisneros M.
jcisnero@...
May 10, 2001 11:03 am
In my third World Country (most of you probably havent heard of Ecuador in South America) we have to deal with a different matter, when we talk about TOC...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
May 10, 2001 12:00 pm
... Not only have I heard of it, but I've been there -- consulting in a company that probably used the scraps of your tannery client -- For others on this...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
May 10, 2001 12:00 pm
... Bingo . . . The "technical solution of CCPM" is not rocket science, but an organization taking it on must, as Covey suggests, "start with the end in mind."...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
May 10, 2001 12:00 pm
Juan A. Cisneros M. wrote (in English that is far, far better than my ... My suspicion is that the variability of time and difficulty of describing a...
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martin.wartenberg@...
May 10, 2001 3:39 pm
I partially agree with this response in terms of the fear of change. However, any middle level project manager can utilize some of the less controversial cc ...
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John Curran
jwcurran@...
May 11, 2001 3:20 pm
How does one get such proof? By definition a project is something done only once. Further, how does one separate the technique from the skilled doer? Most...
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Kevin Bookbinder
kbookbinder@...
May 11, 2001 6:12 pm
All, I come from PMBOK roots. I have had a lot of questions answered by Goldratt's teachings. I do not see CCPM as much more than taking advantage of a new...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
May 12, 2001 2:17 am
... Yeah . . . management would be a piece of cake if it weren't for all those human beings. ;-) Maybe that explains all the recent layoffs in the headlines. ...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
May 12, 2001 2:17 am
... hmmmmm . . . Having been involved with the development of CC schedules on projects in different environments with 666 (a memorable number), 130-150, 800+,...
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John Curran
jwcurran@...
May 12, 2001 12:48 pm
Number of activities or number of dependenciesHey, Frank, just my biases talking. I didn't know about the CC software you spoke of. Bunching was a stretch -...
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CriticalChain@yahoogr...
May 29, 2001 8:42 pm
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the CriticalChain group: How much beneficial slack do you have where you work? o Not enough. We're too...
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CriticalChain@yahoogr...
May 29, 2001 8:55 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the CriticalChain group. File :...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
May 29, 2001 9:04 pm
(Sorry about the illegible line breaks in the original version of this. Cutting and pasting from Word into the web-based message posting at Yahoo seems to...
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Nitin Bahl
nbahl_iitd@...
Jun 13, 2001 8:44 pm
Hi I am a 3rd year student of mechanical engineering and am undergoing my practical training at a manufacturing organization in the hydroelectric power...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
Jun 26, 2001 8:29 pm
... As a general TOC practitioner, I tend to think of job shop operations as more of a production environment than a project environment. While there is ...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
Jun 26, 2001 8:33 pm
As "host" of this group, I occasionally take a look at the various components of activity on this list. Obviously, it's been a bit quiet from the posting ...
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martin.wartenberg@...
Jun 26, 2001 10:00 pm
Hi Frank, My name is Martin Wartenberg and I work for the University of California developing and delivering Project Management courses directly into...
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Mike Walsh
d_michael_walsh@...
Jun 26, 2001 11:40 pm
Hi Martin et al, I have been assisting a big five firm with Project Management curriculum for the past three years. They have adopted and augmented the PMI...
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Frank Patrick
fpatrick@...
Jun 30, 2001 1:28 am
... Keep in mind that milestones simply reflect the completion of some aspect - some task - of the project. There is a distinction between milestones and...
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Ajay Puria
a_puria@...
Jun 30, 2001 5:44 pm
... Could you elaborate a bit on this! I would think that faster ... No doubt. But at times it would make sense to prttect intermediate milestone(s), a...
