Here's another common business policy that causes a large amount of uncertainty for project schedules: Software changes to a system shall be implemented twice...
Hello all, I'm new to this discussion group, so forgive me if this question has been recently discussed. I've been involved with 3 new CCPM implementations...
The resources are already addressing this correctly. All that remains is for the enterprise model to reflect the reality of their impact on project duration,...
Hi! I suggest up-front capacity planning at the portfolio level that reflects the 50% availability of these resources for projects. Then, larger buffers at the...
Tony, Having met this problem myself, I think that your advice only addresses part of the problem. Here are some of the other issues that the situation creates...
I am in IT and have a similar situation to deal with. The pervasive leadership and management philosophy is that sharing resources between application...
Elevate the constraint: have more releases. Maybe some software doesn't make it to this quarter's release, then it goes to the next one. If it isn't ready...
Hey Kevin! One thing I noticed in a similar situation was that the split resource (one person) understood the importance of working on production tasks, BUT he...
In order to control this, you will require three complementary and consistent actions, at three different levels in the organization (strategic, tactical,...
... I agree. Several people made good comments along these lines. I don't think it's valid to assume that the resources are already addressing this correctly;...
The only other option is to segment resources. That is, you designate some resources as plant engineers exclusively, and you make sure that these don't appear...
Hi, Kevin I run into this frequently too, and usually offer Tony's solution with the admonition that they not multitask: i.e. when they switch to production...
We experienced similar problems in our implementations. Our solution was to create dedicated capacity to handle the interruptions and let the engineers...
Hi, Can someone tell me some IT organizations that use CCPM, and try to leverage it as an advantage over competition to gain business? If not IT, some other...
Group, When project launches are staggered to respect the capacity of the critical resource to handle the work, some of the other resource types may find...
Hi, Scott It seems you identified and broke one assumption (i.e. that only the primary engineer could solve the production problem), and it worked for your...
I can sympathise ... ... we recently had a case where we were blatantly not the bottleneck in our project and I deliberately kept our staff idle. So, while...
Larry, Well I guess that simply stated, nobody likes idlness. Management of course doesn't like it because many of them still believe in the concept of full...
Usually these people get moved to somewhere where another project is behind... Idleness is not really an issue except on paper. mark mark woeppel President &...
David stated clearly why idleness is uncomfortable: because it is still considered as a waste. The direction of the solution is always the same: change that...
No, I would never advocate keeping people busy just to keep them busy. What I was saying is that in reality, there is PLENTY of productive, important work to...
Hi, David Well, if you have the right employees, I seriously doubt idleness would be a problem. It hasn't been for me since about the 3rd grade. It probably...
... [MBR] Mark, I'm sure you wouldn't :) because I've read at least one of your books and I know your game for DBR (free ads :). ... [MBR] Mark says that there...
As a thought, something like writing a paper for publication could fit the bill for "idle" time - Able to be postponed while working on critical tasks - Worth...
Matias wrote: [MBR] Mark says that there is always a way to utilize productively every resource in the organization. If I'm not so wrong, that's the same as...
Hi,Matias That was my point in asking why he was concerned about it. Seeking to keep resources busy reflects wrong understanding of the needs of the system. ...
Hi, All Well, it looks like I need to reply to myself to keep this thread alive. I think it is one of the most important conflicts that we do not have a good...
Larry states: "I think it is one of the most important conflicts that we do not have a good critical chain solution for". In fact, this is an unsolved issue in...
My company is an internet-based business. Our Engineering department develops new applications, runs/maintains the existing ones, etc. In about August, we...
