Hi, All I am going to post this to Tony's group also, so for those of you who might also do both, please feel free to respond to either. Is anyone aware of...
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I´d like to implement Critical Chain and these informations are very important. Regardless any personal work interests, wich is the software you are...
... "Best" depends on the specifics of the environment. All of the major application will do the job. I recently did a run-down of the single-project options...
Hey Larry, How do you define success? Seriously, I'm not trying to define what is is, but I was just reviewing our progress over the last couple years, and...
... This is definitely a a topic of interest, and I feel a strange urge to jump in... It would be great to find a grad student in need of a thesis to do the ...
Rob, I'm so glad you responded! I've been hoping you would get on this list. Now both the authors I've been studying are here :) Our discussions should become...
... First, the critical chain of a project is a resource-leveled critical path that takes into consideration resource dependencies as well as handoff ...
... Two very different things. Safety time is that time included in a schedule, either explicitly and consciously or intuitively and subconsciously, that is...
Imagin the following situation: We have a Critical Chain lenght of 100 days We have a completion buffer of 50 days Tasks A, B, C are the last three tasks on...
If I understand your model correctly, Tasks D and E can almost be considered as "noise" in the system. A 45 day feeding buffer is not appropriate. Get better...
I scanned the archives and did not see this topic addressed: How are practitioners of CCPM calculating their task durations? Many suggest you get the 90%...
Dann, We use it in a rather subjective manner. First, every engineer is educated in Critical Chain theory, so they understand the intent of the '50% estimate'...
My first question to the list. I'm wondering what is the best way to reach project management professionals. What magazines do they/you read?? ? Ok, that's...
In my opinion this is not a question of "calculating" - it is a question of "cultur". If it is still a game, the cultur has not been changed. In my projects I...
Hello Mark: I read the following: The PMI Journals BusinessWeek Forbes Fortune MIT's Technology Review Scientific American The Harvard Business Review Strategy...
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As the objective is to estimate accurately the actual and possible length of the project AND at the same time to avoid wastes of time due to local time...
This kind of question always bothered our users too. It's the reason you are supposed to analyze your networks to look for just this kind of circumstances. I...
Based on the earlier comments that Uwe's problem may be software specific, what is the state of play with CCPM tools today? I have looked at CCPM-plus and have...
Hi there, I am doing a dissertation for my mba related to the critical chain concept. The subject that I am looking at is: Critical Chain and Project Risks...
You could try reading my dissertation here: http://www.clarkeching.com/2004/04/my_mba_disserta.html You could also check out Tom Demarco and Timothy Lister's...
Hi, I have started studying for my PMP certification. I have noticed that the Critical chain project management methodology is conspicous by its abscence in...
... There are many ways of estimating durations for CC schedules, some better than others. Your approach is reasonable, especially if you ask for the 90% ...
Hi! I usually try to avoid this topic, but I'd like to comment now. When someone says that "the flaws in cutting durations in half are much more serious than...