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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). Lean Methodology. When to Use It: CPM works better with smaller or mid-sized projects.

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Theory of Constraints: A Guide for Project Managers

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While the theory of constraints is typically used in manufacturing, it can be helpful in controlling most any project. He focused his theory on project management with another book, Critical Chain , which came out in 1997. How the Theory of Constraints Works with Lean Manufacturing. But the idea has deeper roots.

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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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Top 12 Most Relevant Project Management Books You Need to Read

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The book compares agile to waterfall, breaks down various agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, XP, FDD, Lean, Crystal, etc.), Each topic covers the most critical topics from the world’s top management experts, like: Porter’s five competitive forces, blue ocean strategy, the balanced scorecard, and more. Critical Chain by Eliyahu M.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies

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The waterfall approach is good for manufacturing and construction projects, which are highly structured, where the requirements are clear upfront and many changes are not expected once the project is in progress. Critical chain project management. Lean Product Development. Lean product development was born from Toyota.

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Top 12 Most Relevant Project Management Books You Need to Read

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The book compares agile to waterfall, breaks down various Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, XP, FDD, Lean, etc.), The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World’s Greatest Manufacturer by Jeffrey K. The Goal / Critical Chain by Eliyahu M. These two books are novels.

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Agile Unplugged: EP 02 | Mike Cottmeyer and Dennis Stevens

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And then tying that together into a network and then applying Lean principles to designing an organization that can get stuff done. And then you start to measure some of the lean stuff that we’re doing at the time, from some of the con bonds. – Critical chain project management? – Yeah. – Right?

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