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Book review: Critical Chain

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Critical Chain by Eliyahu M. To be honest, I wasn’t keen to read Critical Chain. But Critical Chain is different. What is critical chain? Critical chain is a way to streamline processes so that you avoid bottlenecks and increase throughput. Why not ‘critical chain’?”

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What is Visual Project Management?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

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. VPM treats project execution as a process, with principles and practices to create repeatable, scalable results. Few teams are there yet.

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What Is Resource Leveling in Project Management?

Teamweek

Example #1: Postponing deadlines in a consulting team Let’s say that in the middle of a project, a consulting team loses a team member because of an emergency. So the consultancy and the client decide to postpone the project deadline so that other members with similar skills can take up the tasks of the missing team member later.

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6 Top Project Management Books for Engineers and Manufacturers

LiquidPlanner

Critical Chain by Dr. Eliyahu M. Management consultants Bob Sproull and Bruce Nelson borrow from Goldratt’s storytelling concept to explore the advantages of using Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Six Sigma together. Further Reading: 5 Reasons Engineers Need to Learn Project Management Skills]. Dr. Eliyahu M.

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Creating a Risk Register: All You Need to Know

Epicflow Blog

analyzing historical data, consulting stakeholders and team members, modeling and simulations. It gives a much better understanding of project risks and makes the whole risk management process more effective. In general, the risk management process is rather complex and time-consuming. How to Create a Risk Register?

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A Guide to Project Integration Management

Epicflow Blog

And if there are multiple projects in the environment, the need for proper coordination of all their processes and activities increases exponentially. . To make sure that the process of orchestrating projects across the whole environment runs like clockwork, project integration management should be applied. .

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Tips and Tricks for Smart Project Planning

Wrike

Another method that can complement your use of the critical path method and help you deal with resource constraints is called the critical chain. The Critical Chain Method (CCM) is a way of planning and managing projects that puts the main emphasis on the resources required to execute project tasks.