Hi, I am trying to gain support for CCPM in my organization. I work in a large multinational fortune 200 transportation company. I have read the article "Back...
Kim, Check out realization.com. They offer a free CD featuring cutomer testiminials on how CCPM has helped improve their performance. The CD is not a product...
I have been helping my son train for his swim team. Most local high school teams follow a tradition of generating what you might call brute force to achieve...
Hi, Santiago I recommend reading: Braksick, L. (2000). Unleash Behavior, Unleash Profits Consider the largest nemesis of project performance: bad multitasking....
Silverius, Certainly, it would be possible. For a really big project, building the project network would be a VERY labor-intensive, error-prone effort....
Michael, that is a GREAT analogy. Can I put it up on TocTalk? Mark mark woeppel President & CEO | Pinnacle Strategies 972-899-1734| 6505 Park Blvd, Suite...
Sure. Michael ________________________________ From: CriticalChain@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CriticalChain@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Woeppel Sent:...
Thanks Brian. I am searching for examples of critical chain spreadsheets on the internet and have been unable to find any. Would appreciate if anyone would...
Thanks very much Laurence! Kim ... From: wrightlaurence2004 To: CriticalChain@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 8:37 AM Subject: [CriticalChain]...
Silverius, You have probably already invested enough effort in your search for a CC project management spreadsheet. The window between projects "small enough"...
Could the members of this group comment on strategies that they have used to manage subcontractors in CCPM schedules? It would be greatly appreciated. My...
... [REZ] It is quite possible, especially if you use [multiple] tools for their strengths, and avoid their weaknesses. For example, managing a project with a...
Hi, All You might try this: http://www.openworkbench.org/. I have had great success in using some of the high end Critical Path software (e.g. Primavera) to...
Thanks Larry, Yes I have both books and are waiting to be read!!! Alfie's literature seems a little bit heavy though. The article I had read before and is...
Santiago, Open Workbench is a small free version of the full product, formerly known as Niku, but today a product from CA (Computer Associates) called Clarity....
Hi, Santiago You can design and use measurements to provide reinforcements, but reinforcements do not require measures. Because of the following, it would be...
Behaviors also change when you show people what to watch. When you tell them that the constraint is the most important thing in the business, their behavior...
Larry, Santiago, Jack, _et al,_ Jack's comments around "What Good Looks Like" (WGLL) feel spot on. I suspect that sketching a WGLL description will not only...
Regarding the incentives and reinforcements, Brian points out a very important thing. People want to do the good, if only they could figure out how! In the...
Hamlet - Act II Scene II "….for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so…" What looks good to one might not look good to another. And...
Hi, Brian and Jack You have (somewhat subtly) leaped into the cognitive vs. behavioral approach. All overweight people know what good looks like relative to...
... [REZ] I don't think we're referring to 'good' in the ethical sense. ... [REZ] Exactly. So perhaps a better phrase would be to communicate the vision of the...
Jack, and al, I had a quite similar thought. The following statement is a basic building block of TOC: "The Goal of any for-profit organization is to make...
That's a very nice analysis, Nicos. In a corporate environment the stockholders represent the owners, while the top management (CEO's, etc.) are the decision...
I go back to my earlier comment: substantial changes of behavior generally require a significant emotional event. For instance, overweight people may well...
Group, I think the following paper provides some very good hints on this subject. It was posted by a colleague on the CMMI forum. "Kurt Lewin's Change Theory...
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