It is precisely in the cases where resources are not interchangeable that CCPM takes on its greatest value. Projects need to be scheduled with deliberate...
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Hi, I am relatively new to CCPM and TOC as well as this discussion group. I have read The Goal and Critical Chain. I am currently reading Critical Chain...
A resource buffer does not affect the rules that you apply to determine task durations or the project or feeder buffers. The best way to think of a resource...
Out side of one anomaly, I haven't met anyone that really uses resource buffers. If you have project team status meetings once a week, you can get all the...
Unless you are in a zero-cost environment, the use of the schedule buffer also has a resource impact. Therefore I load the buffer with resources that...
I am looking for effective ways of implementing PROGRAM management, where each individual sub-project is using its own critical chain schedules. I am...
Jenny, ProChain Pipeline (V8) has the functionality you are requesting. The capability exists to have a high level schedule that is linked to sub-schedules....
... management, [REZ] I believe what you are asking for is MULTI-PROJECT Critical Chain. That is, applying the principles of Theory of Constraints, and...
Hi I am new to CCPM . I have gone thro' whole lot of documentation from the net. I am looking for some example which explains buffer sizing. I am planning to...
I guess you are new to CCPM... This group has seen a number of debates around how to do buffer sizing. Eli Goldratt suggests that (on the first few projects)...
... from the net. I am looking for some example which explains buffer sizing. [REZ] The key issue in buffer sizing is NOT the math, it is getting the behavior...
Thanx Richard for the reply. I have few more queries. Selling the CCPM concept looks relatively simple for me coz of the logical explanation of cutting the...
I can only echo and commend Richard Zultner's advice on de- emphasising the importance of buffer size calculations. In a single- project CC undertaking last...
Kala Could you please provide more information on the type of software projects which you are dealing with? Also could you explain who has initiated the ...
Hi Kala You might find the following basic steps of interest: There are several challenges in implementation: * Getting people to single tasking * Getting...
"Kala Krishnan" kala_krish@... wrote: I have few more queries. Selling the CCPM concept looks relatively simple for me coz of the logical explanation of...
Kala: I notice you are a CMM Level 5 organization. So a couple of caveats to what has been said so far. a. If you are CMM 5 then you should have a substantial...
Hi, Doug Good to see you are still here! Just a word of caution to "Level 5" organizations. It may mean you have institutionalized dysfunctional behaviors. You...
Hi Larry Glad to see you here again. I was wondering about the suggestion that having historical data might help the organisation to better plan its projects....
... estimates. [REZ] Unfortunately, because most historical data for task duration includes bad multi-tasking, student syndrome, and false-finish reporting...
Hey Larry and Jim, Good to see you posting again. And you bring up some interesting points. I get a newsletter from construction industry peer Michael Stone....
Peter, Don't you think most construction companies use use the bidding process to select the subcontractors, who in turn create the estimates. Poor estimators...
Hi Again, Peter OOPs, I might have sent my reply before I was finished. Oh, well. BTW, we FINALLY poured the footings for the new digs yesterday! Hope to be in...
Karl, Yes, General Contractors (GC's)often use the bidding process to select their subs, but the subs must then use their own data (in the form of past...
Hi, Peter Well, I guess I somehow blew off my reply to this. I will try again. I do not know what the author means by "error factor", but I fear from the way...
Hi Larry, Peter et al. To dig deeper on this, we would need to enter the realm of cost allocation practices. Perhaps that needs another thread? I think you...
