Marty, David - Thanks, that's helpful. Rob Newbold CEO ProChain Solutions, Inc. ... Rob, I've enjoyed 'Proactive Risk Management, Controlling Uncertainty in ...
I'd expect there are benefits, although different for different projects. For example, if the project were the development of a new product predicted to...
I've begun looking into software that facilitates critical chain and TOC. My preference is MS Project add-ons since so many people already use and are...
I'm just getting into TOC for project management. I've read "Critical Chain" and many articles on variuous websites. Overall, the approach makes a lot of...
I wouldn't say that intermediate dates are meaningless. In fact, the completion vs. estimation is expressed in the buiffers and buffers are the control points,...
Hi Fellow CC Forumer's, A discussion in the last few weeks on this forum and some in our office has started me thinking if there is a better way to make...
(...) Project quoting is handled in a similar way to the project cost tracking. I believe that the regional P&L however uses the office overheads including...
David Have you read Rob Newbold's book "Project management in the fast lane?" Look at Janet's story about the biding process Jim Bowles -- No virus found in...
Hi Jim, No I have not yet read Rob's book. It has been on my reading list for some time now but have not gotten to it yet. Perhaps I will push it up the...
Hi group members, myself mohit nd i'm also working on the buffer sizing for a garment manufacturing unit.i already read 100s of article but not able to ...
Toward the end of Critical Chain, Eli Goldratt gets on the topic of dollar-days. I've always felt that there's something missing relative to NPV and ROI and...
Yes, try the: "The Haystack Syndrome" Jim Bowles Toward the end of Critical Chain, Eli Goldratt gets on the topic of dollar-days. I've always felt that...
In The Haystack Syndrome there is an introduction to the thruput-dollars-days (TDD) and inventory-dollar-days (IDD). In Critical Chain, Eli introduces the...
I fully agree.. being in consulting for a number of years, it almost always eventually comes down to the availability of money. It may not necessarily be...
Matias Do you have the material of flush from Piensalo? If so, can it be shared? Thanks in advance, ... -- __________________________________ Santiago...
Santiago, Go to the website www.flow4u.com and look at the downloads. The MTRD packaged priced at 15 euros is the stuff made with Piensalo. The flush concept...
Drucker on The Whole vs. The Part One of the key concepts of any Lean system is making the system work. Not the individual pieces or machines, but the entire...
I got the article from a Lean Excellence Blog Sorry, forgot to cite my sources. ... -- __________________________________ Santiago Velásquez Martínez ...
Hi friends! i'm just a beginner nd facing some problem related to critical chain formation after getting the critical path for an project. Problem is ... if i...
That's why I posted it Has Drucker changed his mind? Or has he always been saying the same? Thanks :) ... -- __________________________________ Santiago...
Hi, Santiago I think Drucker admits to changing his mind from time to time on some things, but probably not on this. It would take quite a bit of research to...
Larry Very interesting post and findings. Thanks for sharing. By the way...who is Cover? Thanks in advance, ... -- __________________________________ Santiago...
Hi Santiago He didn't say Cover he said Covey That's Stephen Covey. Jim Larry Very interesting post and findings. Thanks for sharing. By the way...who is...
Hi, Santiago Stephen Covey, author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Larry Leach, PMP http://www.Advanced-Projects.com 208-830-7860 From:...
Rohit- I know what you talking about. Its a side effect of having near-critical feeding paths. Inserting the feeding buffer causes a gap on the critical...
Rohit, Let me add to Jack's comments. Parallel paths of similar duration with the same starting point constitute a not very nice situation. Scott Button and I ...
Clare What is wrong with accepting the fact that the feeding chain needs to start before the critical chains first task? These things happen in real life. Like...
Jim, Maybe it's only a matter of terms, but if the feeding chain starts before than the CC's first task, then that feeding chain is the first section of the...
Jim, Consider a critical chain with a parallel(feeding?) path that necessarily starts at a point on the critical chain and rejoins the CC before subsequent ...
