Hello all, I subscribed to this list a few weeks ago but haven't seen the volume of traffic I'd expect for such a "hot" topic as CCPM. Is/are there other ...
Dear Nick: Feel free to ask a question or make a comment here, to get the discussion going. Other resources: There is currently a discussion of CCPM on...
... To answer your question directly, there is a general TOC-oriented discussion group hosted by APICS' Constraint Management SIG. I believe it can be accessed...
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Nick Ketter
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Mar 7, 2002 11:03 am
Thanks Scott. I just finished Critical Chain (Goldratt) and am into Chp 4 of "Critical Chain Project Management". I don't yet feel like I know enough to begin ...
CCPM'ers I am a lurker in Adelaide South Australia, I've have read all the Goldratt books, Franks' book, seen every web site findable, joined and unjoined the...
Dear All What should be benchmark value of the ratio of * I / T * OE / T. In a Project Environment or Engineer to order business. Chandrashekhar NITIE / GODREJ...
On 3/7/02 6:03 AM, "Chandrashekhar Chaudhari" <shekharc@...> ... The ratio for OE/T should be less than one. Beyond that, benchmarks are useless....
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GARGAS_RICHARD_J@...
Mar 7, 2002 3:55 pm
Last April (2001) we transitioned to Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) on two very large projects, both of which were underway. These were IT projects...
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Nick Ketter
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Mar 7, 2002 4:29 pm
One of the aspects of CCPM I've found to be enlightening is the approach to estimating. Specifically, the realization that humans tend to be poor estimators...
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GARGAS_RICHARD_J@...
Mar 7, 2002 4:58 pm
It's in Chapter 5.7.4, Nick. ;-) However, I've tried a few things to shift the paradigm. When we originally changed to CCPM, we had existing task estimates...
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Riddell, Suzanne M
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Mar 7, 2002 5:06 pm
I know that we're going to have the exact same problem. Currently, we're in the learning stage - reading & discussing the benefits to CC and TOC. I think...
Nick -- I start with asking for a "safe" estimate, emphasizing the need to take into account potential risk when making a promise on the project. Once that...
Thanks for the implementation story, Rich. One question ‹ did you do this on your own, or did you have any outside help? Given your experience, would you...
... There are a number of examples from Dr. Holt's students at: http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/holt/em526/ See the "Jump to..." CRT Examples, Evaporating...
... a) not pad their estimates so that 50% is really the original one ... Why not role play or do scenarios on estimating. Take the time to have 'them' develop...
... I used to go on and on about the necessity of the big "culture change" (scaring the s--t out of a lot of prospective clients), until the realization of...
Thanks (Rich Gargas) for this open sharing of your experiences! I'm currently working on an empirical test of CCPM performance and would like to use some of...
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Pradeep Shekade
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Mar 7, 2002 10:29 pm
Hello, In my company the top management is very eager to implement the CCPM methodology. They are convinced on this approach. There are two issues I am facing...
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Jim Bowles
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Mar 7, 2002 11:39 pm
Steve said: What I have found extremely useful is the thinking processes behind TOC, and would love to see members volunteer some of their decision trees,...
But if we do so, let¹s stick to the general topic of project management please. With his moderator hat on, Frank Patrick (who may be a bit out of email...
... Congratulations! ... Hmmm...Is your management really convinced? Are they comfortable with the potential benefit of moving project through the organization...
Frank and all, As a typical pragmatic project manager, I've managed to get several of my client companies to adopt several of the basics of CCPM by using logic...
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Pradeep Shekade
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Mar 8, 2002 3:05 am
Nick, My guess is that initially u would never arrive at a real "50/50" estimate ! As this is a paradigm shift there would be a tendency to pad the task...
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Eugene Kania
ekania@...
Mar 8, 2002 3:23 am
Hi! I've tried just about every approach with varying degrees of success. For new teams, my tried and true, "best" approach is to ask them for their "safe"...
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Eugene Kania
ekania@...
Mar 8, 2002 3:24 am
Hi again! You wrote: Second issue is - The software developers in my company have to also attend to customer support calls. If that's the case, there tasks...
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Eugene Kania
ekania@...
Mar 8, 2002 3:25 am
Hi Nick! Let me preface my comments with the admission that I am a consultant who helps organizations implement CCPM. From that perspective, my comments may ...
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Eugene Kania
ekania@...
Mar 8, 2002 3:29 am
Hi Pradeep! You wrote: "Committing to a commercially available product is an expensive option". Last I checked, if you have MS Project, you can get a CCPM tool...
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Eugene Kania
ekania@...
Mar 8, 2002 3:29 am
Hi Suzanne! You asked: "how did you go about "changing" the development culture without starting a war?" I know that I am probably sounding like a broken...
Pradeep could u give some idea about the product and about ur company ? where r u located? if in mumbai i will be happy to work with u. I am based at mumbai...
