Since I submitted the 3/10/03 discussion, I have had a very good exchange of views about the validity of my stand. Conclusion: one size doesn't fit all. There...
Clare: Why does the presence or absence of feeding buffers affect the simulated project duration? Scott. Scott D. Button Senior Leadership Consultant The...
Scott, The feeding buffer used in the AGI schedule increased the duration of the project. Off-list discussion showed, however, that a feeding buffer that...
Hi, I'm having some trouble following this thread - clearly much of it happened off list. Question: How can the use of feeding buffers lengthen the duration of...
Your critical path paradigm is preventing you from understanding critical chain. While we often talk about starting with a critical path schedule, throw away...
Dave, "Critical Chain" [Goldratt 97] clealy defines the Critical Path as the longest path and the one without an FB (see page 214). I can understand that there...
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Apr 6, 2003 2:35 am
Hi, I've been watching this thread very interested and I think it would help to get back to basics of CC. ... Not so. Critical Path is the longest path of...
I don't have the book in front of me, but typically the critical path is the longest path of logically linked tasks. Critical chain is the longest path of...
Superfluous comment dept: Aren't all tasks critical? Maybe using the similar terminology has muddled the alacrity of the understanding and accemptance of CCPM....
You asked: "Aren't all tasks critical?" NO! Every task is important, but not every task is critical. And that is the problem today with program management....
Earlier, Clarence Maday studied a Critical Chain Project Network, which is posted at http://www.goldratt.com/tocpmwp5.htm Clare compared that Critical Chain...
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Apr 12, 2003 8:47 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the CriticalChain group. File :...
For those interested in CCPM, there will be a "triple weblog" series on PM and TOC and CCPM spanning the following weblogs... Hal Macomber - Reforming Project...
I have released a paper in Chinese Journal of Management Science , the abstract of which is: In 1986, Dr.Goldratt brought forward Theory of Constraint (TOC), ...
Scott, Clare, and other simulators: 1. When doing your simulations, you used what distributions, and why? Many of the simulations in the project management...
Richard, I used a triangular distribution of {(1,2,6), mean=3} proportions. It is skewed. I have also used the approximate beta distribution without much...
I concur with Clare's statements. I typically use the lognormal distribution for my simulations. It seems to me that when you have event driven performance,...
The messages are archived on Yahoo at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalChain/ Scott D. Button Senior Leadership Consultant The Product Development...
Dear Sir: I am reading your email, but I can not find anything in your mail? If you are convenient, you can try my another email add: tongmeng_wan@... ...
For the last week, there's been a collaborative series on Project Management and the Theory of Constraints carried out on my blog, on Hal Macomber's "Reforming...
Hi, Mr fpatrick: You told me that "You may have missed something interesting" but it is strange that I can not find anything in your Email text. If there is...
I have received a message from you on 4/20 saying that messages from the group were being returned as undeliverable. I followed the instructions and sent a...
Maybe everyone is busy fighting fires!!! Mark We help companies do more with less Pinnacle Manufacturing Consulting 1-972-491-1333 www.mfgexcellence.com...
Hi All John Pitts and Bob tell an impressive story about the use of Critical Chain PM at BAE SYSTEMS Flight Simulation and Training in one of the TOC ...
