To Larry Leach -- A great set of pictures (the cover and the table of contents page, included). Raised my expectations. Too bad I only found three paragraphs...
I want to take the opportunity to invite everyone in this group to add (for free) a “link” in www.tocworld.com to your website (if you have one). The idea...
Sir, I am a final year student, doing a scheduling project based on Critcal chain method.While planning for multiple project situation, practically i faced...
Group, I wanted to pick your brains on the issue of peer reviews (document reviews, code inspection, etc.). Do you have a preferred way of modeling them in...
Hi, David Thanks for a great summary. Anyone direct have experience with PSP or TSP? Ohhhh...I worry about not having individual responsibility. As a famous...
I am wondering whether is it normal for the main contractor to manage the subcontractors' schedules? For example, for my project, one of the two contractors...
Hi -- I'm the program manager on a large ($15mm) .NET/OO software development project for state government. We are, to some extent, in a project recovery...
Hi, David Good input. I presume your approach sets the architecture up front? Do you also define a set of specific design requirements the features must...
Does anyone in the group know of any papers, articles or book chapters which address the issue of Critical Chain (and TOC flow problems generally) versus the...
Hi, Abrey Thanks for the feedback. I do intend to consider project selection and priority for the third edition, or maybe a separate work. Meanwhile, there may...
In light of the recent discussion about key performance indicators, subscribers may be interested in an article I wrote for our periodical entitled Performance...
Hello to all Does anybody have an introductory paper/presentation about CCPM that he/she can share with me? If so, please reply OFF LINE :) Thanks in advance, ...
Hi, David Yes, I used to think as you do. But, now I separate two issues. The first is business case for the project. They must pass muster. Once you have a...
Pending Larry's new book, let me commend to you Gerry Kendall's PMO book which does a great job of explaining how to get a PMO started using CCPM concepts....
In my organization, although the mandate was for "more PM process", it was clear after a couple of weeks that there were two key constraints that were causing ...
My organization is implementing CCPM on a number of large product development projects. As part of this initiative we have trained a number of project...
Hi, David I appreciate the path you are on here, and agree with the concerns you express. You are swimming in one of Deming's four areas of profound knowledge:...
We are so primitive that for a while I am counting myself moving in the right direction if we just get a status report that is reasoanable complete. I look...
Gene Kania: The Washington DC PMI chapter today announced that you are the speaker for their February meeting. I look forward to meeting you in person! If you...
Dear Larry P Leach, Ive received your book in Brazil but have a doubt. Whats Y2K a internal type of project Type III in the page 5 in your book. And...
Please, someone can help me undestand better the meaning of drum buffer and the difference between strategic resource buffer. Finally , whats is a capacity...
We are experimenting with using milestones to manage float in our CPM schedules. We developed this before our knowledge of CC, but now find some synergy...
Hi, Justin Please check your logic...to categorize some multi-tasking as bad does not imply most is good to me. It simply allows for some to be non-bad; e.g....
I still don't understand the merit in using the term 'bad multitasking'. Let me explain my concern a little more clearly (I have raised this concern...
Hi! i am studing in industrial engineering in IUST(iran university of science and technology) and now we should define our thesis to get master dgree.i...
Hi, All Thought I'd try a CCPM WIKI. If interested, go to: http://seedwiki.com/wiki/Critical%20Chain%20Project%20Management/? wpid= Once there, I'd copy it to...
