Hello, My name is Peter and I am looking for reccommendations on critical chain PM software? I am part of a group that is planning to set up a few pilot TOC...
... Do you need to keep the MS-Project Server option viable? cc-MPulse and cc-Pulse are the only Critical Chain tools that work with MS-Project Server. They...
I have looked throughout the Net and have not come across anything that gives me insight into the effects of critical chain methodology on IPT's. The CC...
Hello All I have a client in Toronto who would be interested in knowing about the Thinking Process and the various areas of its applicability. He is...
... over ... i would be happy to talk on the phone or via email with most anyone interested in learning more about the logical thinking processes. "non...
Hi, All CCPM+ software works fine with MS Project Server. http://www.advanced-projects.com/CCPM+.htm Larry Leach, PMP http://www.Advanced-Projects.com Phone:...
I was wondering if anyone knows of an article or book that has a good discussion of the origins of CPM and PERT (particularly CPM) because I have been coming...
Hi, John I'd check Meredith and Mantel, Lewis, and/or Pinto for a references to those. Do not be surprised if you find different citations claimed as the...
Hi, John If you can find this, I'd like a copy!: Origins and Development of PERT and CPM., JOHN H ROSEBOOM, Management Technology Incorporated, 2259 Pravne,...
I did some reseach about this topic. This is the list of articles that I used * Malcolm, D. G., J. H. Roseboom, C. E. Clark, and W. Fazar, "Application of a...
In generating an article for my company's newsletter, I wrote the following synopsis of the book "Critical Chain" by Goldratt and posted it on wikipedia. Any...
If you know a relatively high-level contact within an electronics supplier for General Motors would you please forward this message to him and ask him to...
Hi to All I am a new member of this group. I have read quite a bit on CCPM & finds it quite interesting. I would like to introduce this methodology in my...
I am not a consultant, so I have no stake in my answer, which is: You need a consultant. There are too many things that can go wrong without knowledgeable, ...
Kala, First, let's be clear about what will be implemented. Most people use the term, Critical Chain, to mean two things: the single-project method, which ...
I sat in on a phone call today with Eli Goldratt, and someone asked specifically if the TDD measure could be used in conjunction with CCPM. Eli's answer: No. ...
Tony, Thanx for your response I would like to first try it out in couple of projects & gain the confidence of the management & then introduce it across...
Kala, It sounds like you're using matrix management. If so, I have a few slides that you might find useful in conveying your objective to your management ...
Hello, all: we are implementing ccpm in a company and I would like to get your opinion about one subject: once we have built the templates and the capacity was...
Keep it simple... Three choices: 1) pick one and let buffer management deal with the other, or 2) let both be used as the drum (most ccpm software allows...
While the drum concept is nice, it isn't of paramount importance. Most of the critical chain packages let you define multiple drums. If you're not sure, just...
One consideration might be which resource is harder to replace than another, or which one would be more expensive to replace than the other. You'd never want...
Thank you very much, Frank, Tony and Michael. Both of the candidates to become drum were "mechanical" and "electronical" tecnicians. We decided to select the...
The only thing about using two drums is the projects may go out later than necessary. Usually, pacing projects on one resource will remove enough of the...
... necessary. Not so! This is a myth. If the resources are pulling work to themselves, then it doesn't matter if projects are scheduled to start too late,...
Hi Tony, Hope you are doing well... To clarify any "myth-understandings", what I meant to say is projects may be scheduled out later than necessary if you use...