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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

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When to Use It: The Waterfall approach is great for manufacturing and construction projects , which are highly structured, and when it’s too expensive to pivot or change anything after the fact. Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM). When to Use It: CPM works better with smaller or mid-sized projects. Lean Methodology.

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6 Top Project Management Books for Engineers and Manufacturers

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To compile this list, we dug through Amazon listings, forums, blogs, and review websites to identify the best project management books specifically for those in the manufacturing and engineering industries. Critical Chain by Dr. Eliyahu M. Further Reading: 5 Reasons Engineers Need to Learn Project Management Skills]. Oberlender.

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Project Management Framework Types, Key Elements & Best Practices

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There are many common types of frameworks that can be used for different projects, depending on how small or large your team is, the type of work they’re doing, the industry they’re in, how much time the project has and how much budget the project has. Some common ones include scrum , the waterfall methodology , PRINCE2 and more.

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What is Visual Project Management?

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Why do you think projects are still late and over budget when professional project management techniques have been around for years? Visual Project Management is a process that uses the visualization of the project delivery process to drive team behaviors: to collaborate and effectively manage projects to deliver on time.

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How to Improve Demand Planning

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Trees were cut rapidly, new manufacturing plants were built, and more people were hired to meet the demand. Here is a representation of a manufacturing system along with purchasing lead time. We see different results when we include LiquidPlanner’s Critical Chain Project Management as part of their demand planning.

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Why Use What-If Scenario Planning in Project Management

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New thinking prompted action, a plan was approved,, budgets authorized, and training developed. My many years in manufacturing has taught me that the inertia that causes an organization to stay in one location is the lack of a crisis or passion. First, we would find the Critical Chain, our Critical Path, and Variation combination.

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5 Insane Project Management Techniques in Today’s Market

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If you are running a business in the manufacturing industry, you can also benefit from PERT by hiring a project manager qualified to work in that area. CCM – Critical Chain Methodology: Back in 1997, Eliyahu M. This was probably the first time Critical Chain Methodology was discussed by Eliyahu M. sector only.