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Critical Chain in Managing Multiple Projects

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The best-known modern methods of managing projects efficiently are: The Gantt chart developed by Henry Gantt in the 1910s . 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. Sound daunting?

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Theory of Constraints: A Guide for Project Managers

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Think of it like the old axiom, “A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.” That applies to processes, organizations, individual team members, whatever or whoever is a risk to the successful completion of the project. He focused his theory on project management with another book, Critical Chain , which came out in 1997.

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What is Visual Project Management?

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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. Rather than look at the project plan, look at what the team is doing. Without clear situational awareness, the team will flounder.

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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. Passion can also emerge from success like being on a team that has achieved a tremendous win with throughput or lead time. But a crisis, such as the lack of money or disruption in a supply chain, can kill this passionate effort.

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RIP Critical Chain?  

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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 Definitive Guide to Project Management Methodologies

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What methodology you choose will depend on your team, project-type, and project-scope. What methodology you pick will have a profound and ongoing impact on how you and your team works. It was first outlined by Dr. Winston Royce in 1970 as a response to managing the increasingly complex nature of software development. Advantages.

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Project Management Tools and Techniques That Really Work

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Your decision about which one to choose should arise from the project specifics that the brief contained, the complexity level that project boasts, the nature and qualification of the team involved in the development and countless other factors. Agile Project Management.