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The Power of Critical Chain Project Management: A Modern Approach to Project Delivery

MPUG

For project managers seeking to optimize their schedules and deliver projects more reliably, Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) offers a powerful alternative to traditional methods. What is Critical Chain Project Management? Getting Started with CCPM 1.

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Level up your project schedules: 5 advanced techniques

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Back in the day when people calculated all this by hand, working out the critical path took some effort and if task durations changed, it all had to be done again. These days, I can hit the right button in Microsoft Project, critical path analysis happens behind the scenes and the key tasks are highlighted for me.

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Resource Leveling & Smoothing: What lies behind the terms

Inloox

In this way, the critical tasks that are adequately supplied with resources can be completed according to plan, and the existing scope can be utilized for non-critical tasks in terms of efficient resource utilization. After all, irregularities can occur within the Critical Path that lead to a resource shortage.

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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. The specific steps in CCPM.

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O Pareto, Pareto! Whereforth art thou Pareto?

Kiron Bondale

Last week I wrote about the elimination of Critical Chain Method (CCM) by the PMBOK Guide Sixth Edition development team. Tagged: improving project management , project decision making , Risk management , Stakeholder analysis.

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How to pick a project management methodology

Moira Alexander

It’s comprised of static phases (requirements analysis, design, testing, implementation and maintenance), executed in a specific order. It outlines critical and non-critical activities by calculating the “longest” (on the critical path) and “shortest” (float) time to complete tasks to determine which activities are critical and which are not.

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A Super-Quick Guide to PERT, Critical Path, and All the Other Ways to Manage a Project

Redbooth

In this short guide, we’ll look at several established project management systems, including PERT, Critical Path, and Critical Chain, to help you find new ways to make your next project a success. In the 1950s, we saw the rise of PERT, Critical Path, and Work Breakdown Structures. Critical Chain: adding a buffer.