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Level up your project schedules: 5 advanced techniques

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Critical chain : Uses the slack in task time to act as a buffer at the end of a chain of tasks or at the end of a project. As with all project management techniques, think about how you can apply them to your project with the right level of scale and governance.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM). It was initially created by the UK government for IT projects. When the UK government adopted standards for IT systems in 1989, they called in PRINCE. When to Use It: CPM works better with smaller or mid-sized projects. ProjectManager Works with Any Project Management Methodology.

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Project Management Disasters in Enterprises

Epicflow Blog

As a consultant, Jan Willem also implemented TOC’s Critical Chain application in various project organizations. Our special guest is Jan Hindrik Knot – an independent project & program manager and IT Governance consultant with over 25 years of professional experience.

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Beyond Practices: What’s at the Core of Agile Transformation?

Leading Agile

It is always the systems first structure, governance and metrics, then practices, then culture. We don’t put the RAID governance strategies in place, we don’t put the right metrics, strategies in place. We are orthogonal to the practices and cultures that you’re trying to get to. Alignment is everything.

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Epicflow Glossary: Names of Features and Terms Used in the System

Epicflow Blog

Read more: Bubble Graph: Critical Chain Fever Chart Re-Imagined. Critical Chain . A chain of planned activities with the path to logical end points or to the end of the project. Governance . Bubble Graph. Budget View . The percent index of employee’s capacity in a certain group to which he/she belongs.

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5 Insane Project Management Techniques in Today’s Market

nTask

CCM – Critical Chain Methodology: Back in 1997, Eliyahu M. Goldratt wrote about Critical Chain Methodology as the process for managing resources without affecting the project plan. This was probably the first time Critical Chain Methodology was discussed by Eliyahu M.

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The Definitive Guide to Project Management Methodologies

Workamajig

Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM). Critical Chain PM is one of the newer project management methodologies out there. It was developed as an alternative to the Critical Path method with a focus on resource management. It is widely used in the country and is a requirement for government projects.