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Critical Chain in Managing Multiple Projects

LiquidPlanner

The best-known modern methods of managing projects efficiently are: The Gantt chart developed by Henry Gantt in the 1910s . Critical Path invented in the 1950s. Critical Chain Method invented in 1997 . We often still over estimate the project timeline. What is Critical Chain Project Management?

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Death March Projects Explored

Alan Parker Blog

Despite their ominous nature, Death March projects are alarmingly common in many organisations, often arising from a mix of over-ambition and poor planning. The concept was popularised by Edward Yourdon in his book “Death March: The Complete Software Developer’s Guide to Surviving ‘Mission Impossible’ Projects.” The misfits.

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How to Create a Project Schedule (step-by-step guide)

PM Basics

Add known vacations and days off for all team members. Set durations for each task (copy the estimates provided by the team). Identify a critical path. Repeat the process until you have a realistic project schedule that you and your team believe in. Get The Book. Should the estimates be in hours or days?

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How to Beat Parkinson’s Law and Deliver Projects in Half the Time

Epicflow Blog

Later the author wrote some books that became quite famous in the world where he described his bureaucracy observations as a British civil servant and further developed his ideas on what’s now called Parkinson’s law. Task Duration Estimates VS Work Estimates. Tips to Beat Parkinson’s Law. Albert Ponsteen.

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Why Use What-If Scenario Planning in Project Management

LiquidPlanner

New thinking prompted action, a plan was approved,, budgets authorized, and training developed. Passion can also emerge from success like being on a team that has achieved a tremendous win with throughput or lead time. But a crisis, such as the lack of money or disruption in a supply chain, can kill this passionate effort.

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Waterfall Should Have Never Existed: Part 1

MPUG

your project team). At the same time, I will recommend Critical Path (CPM): To manage-up (i.e. Banks have essentially been software developing organizations for a long time. This has led to a dramatic growth in software development projects and in the number of software project managers we’ve seen and will continue to see.