Not sure if this is widely known: http://www.tocico.org/page/call_for_proposals: The Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt Foundation is looking for proposals that ...
It's horrible jargony awfulness... Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: 1. Identify a "giant", not a choopchick. Intuition will guide you - important enough...
I believe the idea is to try and help you to realise that your current solution, though fabulous, is also deeply flawed: the core assumptions are wrong. Once...
'tis in the link. I haven't actually looked that far yet. ... Clarke Ching - * Over 14,000 people have read "Rocks Into Gold" ... my biztech parable about...
<p>Hola<br>it was time to leave all my worries behind I cant believe how much this exceeded expectations these days I stay on top of my game I just had to...
All, We frequently encounter clients in our Critical Chain Implementations who do R&D work where certain tasks require a series of experiments to achieve...
Hi, Kevin Your general approach is what I have counseled and clients have used. This problem isn't unique to critical chain scheduling. Buffers help...
Two thoughts 1. Risk loading. The more uncertain the effort, the more risk loading one should employ. In simple terms, bigger buffer. This does mean...
Hey Kevin! Two thoughts) Strategic: If this is true R&D, the amount of variability can be quite high. Much higher than the 50% we go with by default in CCPM....
Hi, Folks For your enjoyment: http://www.pmworldtoday.net/featured_papers/2011/oct/Buffers-Key-to-Project.html I would be delighted to deal with comments or...
Hi, Again Ah, I see they have a better direct link to the paper: http://www.pmforum.org/library/papers/2011/PDFs/oct/FP-LEACH.pdf Regards, Larry Leach...
Hi, Jack One certainly can use Kanban with CCPM. I have two clients doing so now with some success. They will get better at it. As Ohno noted there is quite a...
Larry, Congratulations on getting that published. I'd seen earlier versions you'd written and it's going to be a useful and valuable reference. Of course, I ...
Larry, Your explanation of CCPM is as ever excellent and very useful to share the knowledge. However, I think that applying almost as much of the article to ...
Hi Kevin - A software client of mine raised a very similar question just this last week which prompted me to start a post on the topic. Their specific issue...
Hi, Kik I hope you do understand that EV is useless for forecasting schedule? As I note, the schedule variance is zero whenever you finish: on schedule, ahead...
“... that EV is useless for forecasting schedule?” This is not so, if it’s done correctly. I’m no expert, but I have seen experts do it correctly. I...
The next question then is, how did they do it? It could be that there is confusion with the term Estimate at Completion. When I first read that I assumed it...
Hi, Tony Sorry Tony but you were either deluded or misremember. That is one of the problems with EV. It isn't transparent. If you don't understand it you get...
Hi, Steve Right. I reference the "Earned Schedule" technique in the paper. It is a way to seek to remedy this. As noted in the paper it does provide a way to...
Larry, You start of talking about forecasting and immediately go on to talking about being at the finish. Forecasting has nothing to do with analysis after the...
Hi Larry , Steve Value" is a many splendored thing, In the dictionary 10 definitions as a noun and 4 as a verb. Earned Value (and Added Value) run counter to...
This was in one of my workshops. The gentleman explained that he had calculated a measurement of efficiency to date. He used the measurement of efficiency to...
Clarence, You say: "Earned Value (and Added Value) run counter to TOC principles". That is an interesting statement as it can allow a clear analysis of the ...
Hi Larry, Please don’t misunderstand. I’m not a fan of EVM. I’m simply reporting what I’ve observed. I had an EVM expert in one of my workshops, and...
Kik I suggest two principles: 1)To paraphrase Dr. Goldratt," the goal of a corporation is to make more money (not only value) today and even more money...
