Another reason to avoid starting tasks earlier than necessary is that it defeats the ability of the team, and more importantly the manager, to focus. If you...
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Frank Patrick
fpatricky
Feb 13, 2003 12:34 pm
On 2/13/03 7:10 AM, "Rogers Reiche de Mendonça" <rogers_rj@...> ... The answer is that tasks should be started as soon as they can, but not earlier...
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Rogers Reiche de Mend...
rogers_rj
Feb 13, 2003 12:10 pm
Frank, Thank you for your valuable help !!! We were trying to calculate the Critical Chain using the methods CPM (Critical Path Method) and RCPS...
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Frank Patrick
fpatricky
Feb 12, 2003 7:00 pm
On 2/12/03 12:51 PM, "Rogers Reiche de Mendonça" <rogers_rj@...> ... Not that I'm aware of, but if the project you're working on for your class is...
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Rogers Reiche de Mend...
rogers_rj
Feb 12, 2003 5:51 pm
Hello, I'm a new member of the group. I'm a computer science student at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil and my final project, that I'm...
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Frank Patrick
fpatricky
Feb 12, 2003 3:56 pm
... I assume you meant to say methodology and not mythology. ;-) I'd rather not turn this forum into a general ProChain support group, but suffice it to say...
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Frank Patrick
fpatricky
Feb 12, 2003 3:56 pm
On 2/10/03 9:55 AM, "Andy Baumer <andybaumer@...>" ... The best answer for this question is... ...it depends. Of the four choices out there (listed in...
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Frank Patrick
fpatricky
Feb 12, 2003 3:56 pm
... Foreign, initially, but easily presented and justified. It ain't rocket science. ... In a word, yes. In a few more, yes, in a variety of environments,...
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Frank Patrick
fpatricky
Feb 12, 2003 3:56 pm
... Only those "certifications" that are available within the TOC community, but then they don't carry any weight in the larger PM community. They also focus ...
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Frank Patrick
fpatricky
Feb 12, 2003 3:56 pm
On 2/8/03 1:01 PM, "Sam Billingsley" <sambillingsley@...> is ... Standalone: Sciforma PS8 (Great for organizations without embedded MS Project ...
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Wehr, Michael J.
Wehr.Michael@...
Feb 11, 2003 2:18 pm
Thanks for all these great references - it will take awhile to research them :-) ... From: Michael Carroll [mailto:mcarroll@...] Sent: Tuesday,...
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Pradeep Shekade
pradeep_shekade@...
Feb 11, 2003 2:10 pm
Hello, Please let me know as to how can I remove myself from this list. Thanks, Pradeep __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? ...
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Michael Carroll
mcarroll@...
Feb 11, 2003 6:32 am
Sam, Pro-Chain is an add on product that is programmed in the VBA language embedded in MS Project. One creates a network of tasks in MS Project, then you use...
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Sam Billingsley
sammyb3th
Feb 11, 2003 5:10 am
Michael, I recently read Robert Newbold's book "Project management in the Fast Lane". He has a tie of some sort with ProChain and I thought the book would...
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Michael Carroll
mcarroll@...
Feb 11, 2003 3:25 am
Critical Chain Project Management is a new approach to managing projects where Critical Path has been around since the Polaris Missile Program. CCPM...
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Michael Carroll
mcarroll@...
Feb 11, 2003 2:40 am
There was a good deal of chatter on the subject of using a standard project management software such as Microsoft Project to do a variation of CCPM called...
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Sam Billingsley
sammyb3th
Feb 10, 2003 5:27 pm
Kate, Any progress on your simulation efforts? I would be interested in knowing if you are manually creating the CC version network on just an intitutive...
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Bruce Lynch
blynch@...
Feb 10, 2003 5:21 pm
As many of you know, Cutter Consortium has recently produced a special issue of the Cutter IT Journal on Critical Chain. It will go to print at the end of this...
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Sam Billingsley
sammyb3th
Feb 10, 2003 5:15 pm
The CC is a very foreign concept in most companies that perform IT development projects. Most of us in the past manually factored in resource skills in...
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Holt, Steven C
s_k_holt
Feb 10, 2003 4:31 pm
It appears that the web page list is a bit out of date regarding some company names and offerings. Sciforma, makers of PS8, used to be Scitor. Another software...
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Wehr, Michael J.
Wehr.Michael@...
Feb 10, 2003 4:03 pm
here is a site that shows some evaluation of those and more - <http://www.rogo.com/cac/software.html> They all implement TOC capabilities in their software: ...
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Sam Billingsley
sammyb3th
Feb 10, 2003 3:58 pm
Good question Andy. I have only run across two companies that even reference CC/TOC in their product literature. I don't have any idea how they do it or how...
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Andy Baumer <andyb...
andybaumer
Feb 10, 2003 2:55 pm
What is the best software to use to implement CC or another risk mitigation methodology?...
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Wehr, Michael J.
Wehr.Michael@...
Feb 10, 2003 1:06 pm
I started studying TOC during my Master's Degree 5 years ago. Although I've used management practices that parallel what I read about TOC, I've never...
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Jeff J. F. Gu
gujf
Feb 9, 2003 1:48 pm
Frank, Thanks, it helps a lot! Jeff ·¢¼þÈË: Frank Patrick [mailto:fpatrick@...] ·¢ËÍʱ¼ä: 2003Äê2ÔÂ9ÈÕ 11:57 ...
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Frank Patrick
fpatricky
Feb 9, 2003 3:58 am
... My website has a considerable amount of information on Critical Chain, starting at... <http://www.focusedperformance.com/projects.html> ...
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Jeff J. F. Gu
gujf
Feb 9, 2003 3:17 am
Critical chain is new to me. Any body may let me know where on the net I may found any useful information on learning about Critical Chain? Thanks! Jeff GU ......
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Sam Billingsley
sammyb3th
Feb 8, 2003 7:43 pm
To All...Let me introduce myself. My name is Sam Billingsley and I live in Atlanta, GA. Been involved in all levels of commercial software development since...
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Frank Patrick
fpatricky
Feb 8, 2003 2:31 pm
To facilitate the flow of conversations, especially with my recent invitation to the newer member, I'm turning "new member moderation" off for the time being....
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Frank Patrick
fpatricky
Feb 8, 2003 2:27 pm
Since the beginning of the new year, when adding new members and subtracting "unsubscribers," we've had a net of about 20 new members in this discussion group...
