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In defense of Critical Chain

Kiron Bondale

One of the more subtle changes in the Sixth Edition of the PMBOK Guide is the elimination of all references to Critical Chain Method (CCM). Tagged: agile project management , improving project management , multitasking dangers , resource availability , Risk management.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

Agile Methodology. What It Is: In a nutshell, Agile project management is an evolving and collaborative way to self-organize across teams. The agile methodology offers project teams a very dynamic way to work and collaborate and that’s why it is a very popular project management methodology for product and software development.

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Project Management Framework Types, Key Elements & Best Practices

ProjectManager.com

Popular ones include PRINCE2, CCPM (critical chain project management), scrum (primarily used in development environments) and the waterfall methodology. Additionally, you’ll want to make a note of everything, anomaly or not, just in case, and keep all notes in a repository to refer back to at a later date.

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5 Insane Project Management Techniques in Today’s Market

nTask

Researchers have also developed AUP; Agile Unified Process , which is a different form of RUP. Agile simply focuses on slacking clutter and replacing it with simpler steps. Agile Project Management: Agile has been discussed a lot at the nTask blog. That’s why Agile is not perfect for top-down communication matrices.

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Agile Unplugged: EP 02 | Mike Cottmeyer and Dennis Stevens

Leading Agile

Listen to the Agile Unplugged Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to Agile Unplugged on: Apple Podcasts. Remember to subscribe and listen to Agile Unplugged on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Podbean—and watch each and every episode on YouTube , IGTV , and Facebook. . – Critical chain project management?

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Book of the Month

Herding Cats

His book The Executive Guide to Breakthrough Project Management is a fascinating read about managing Capital projects using Critical Chain. CCPM is mentioned many times in our agile software project world but rarely is it actually explained how to put those concepts to work. For example " Agile CCPM " speaks to this process.

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Thriving at the Edge of Chaos – a review

Kiron Bondale

Over the past couple of years I have regularly heard companies, their portfolios and even individual projects referred to as Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS). The second half of the book covers Dr. Eli Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints (ToC) and focuses heavily on its application in Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM).