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Critical Chain in Managing Multiple Projects

LiquidPlanner

Critical Path invented in the 1950s. Critical Chain Method invented in 1997 . Critical Chain uses common sense considerations that are ignored in most other methods. What is Critical Chain Project Management? How LiquidPlanner Delivers a Critical Chain Project Plan. Why does this happen?

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Critical Chain in Project Management: A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

Everything is within control. Think of it as a critical chain. In fact, there’s a methodology to control project resources. This is Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM). What Is the Critical Chain Method? At it’s core, the critical chain method plans and manages project resources.

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RIP Critical Chain?  

Proggio

Critical chain is not dead, but after many years of it being the primary technique for analyzing schedules and prioritizing tasks, there’s a better alternative today. A typical Gantt chart could easily have hundreds of similar dependencies, and the critical chain analysis helped distinguish one from the other.

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The Illusion of Control: Data-Driven Project Management

Epicflow Blog

Vanhouke’s recent book “The Illusion of Control. Project Data, Computer Algorithms, and Human Intuition for Project Management and Control”, shedding light on the phenomenon of data-driven project management and its role in complex multi-project environments. Is there a better more efficient way (Control Efficiency)?

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Critical Chain Project Management

ActiveCollab

Critical Chain Project Management is a schedule network analysis technique that takes into account task dependencies, limited resources availability (people, equipment, physical space), and buffers necessary to successfully complete the project. The origin of Critical Chain. Why we need CCPM?

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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. Program Evaluation and Review Technique : A PERT chart is a network diagram that shows the logical relationship between individual tasks and allows you to schedule for uncertainty.

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What is Visual Project Management?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The main emphasis of the project management body of knowledge is “control”, which typically means more or better planning. Peter Drucker said, “…the word ‘controls’ is not the plural of the word ‘control’”. Making a detailed plan doesn’t give real control; it gives the illusion of control. How flexible are they?