Critical Chain 2022

Rapid Feature Flow Model - A new solution for software development

New methodology challenges Waterfall/Agile by using TOC flow management, small batch flow, division of labor, and leveraging system constraints, leading to significant increases in releases and throughput, and reductions in rework and defects.

Taking Critical Chain to the Next Level

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Evolved Critical Chain (CCPM) software offers a full Business Solution, leveraging Big Data Analytics for real-time intelligence at Project, Portfolio, and Enterprise levels, with cloud connectivity via APIs.

Business Improvement Efforts IT Life Cycle Section, Media Tech Inc.

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Media Tech, a Daiwa House company ($30b revenue), provides IT services managing 30,000+ computers and supplying 1000+ new ones monthly. The case study will cover results from implementing Critical Chain Project Management.

Get your work done in the fast lane?

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Ad Vermeulen, director of A-dato, will discuss how to implement the CCPM way of working using productivity software tooling, specifically LYNX, to overcome challenges like stress and poor output from too much Work-in-Progress.

Embraer's Critical Chain Story

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Embraer, the 3rd largest aircraft manufacturer, designed and launched its E-Jet E2 range on-time and over-scope. Using Critical Chain, they took under 60 months, 60% of the average time, winning the 2019 PMI Project of the Year award.

Can you have it, without having it? It - being Critical Chain Project Management

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The Multitasking Challenge - An Interactive Simulation Game

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Discover why multitasking prevents achieving planned commitments and why single-tasking is better: faster, lower cost, and higher quality. Learn valuable lessons from Dr. Alan Barnard and Dr. James Holt on what multitasking is and why it's harmful.

Why Critical Chain: Build a Project Delivery Machine, Not a PMO Bureaucracy

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Despite high PMO spending, projects are often late/over budget. Sanjeev advocates against more bureaucracy, proposing a simple change to improve project delivery, reduce timelines and costs, and create a "project delivery machine."

Public Private Partnerships

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Overview of PPP projects: structure, key differences, advantages, challenges, and how they can deliver complex projects that other structures may not.

#Curiosity in Ways to Deliver On Time

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BAE Systems avoids typical corporate initiative failure by using a "pull" system instead of a "push" system. They use the tag "Curiosity" to share Critical Chain Project Management knowledge, promoting critical thinking and openness.

Top Management Ideas: All of them should be managed as projects?

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When top management presents an idea to solve a problem or improve a situation, you must first clarify the benefits and drawbacks. This presentation integrates TP tools to evaluate if a project properly solves the right problem.

Project Management - The Hard Part is the Soft Side

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Project basics are covered. This presentation focuses on the "people side" of project delivery—engaging project teams for successful completion from all stakeholder views.

Upstream Process CCPM

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Managing uncertain upstream processes (R&D, requirement definition) is difficult with conventional methods. This presentation introduces functional management using Gradual Full Kit and Velocity-based Management (Agile-CCPM).

The Secret Ingredient to ALL Soft Skills Abilities

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Growth, both personal and professional, is crucial in today's world. After 18 years of life experience, I've learned these two types of growth are linked, and I will explain how and why in my presentation.

Organization Designed for Administration

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The CEO must harmonize three areas when implementing a new company administration method: work in process, work to be liberated for processing, and new projects. This presentation offers a simple way to FOCUS and make this shift.

Critical Chain, Procurement & Contracts

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Critical Chain is increasingly adopted in construction and infrastructure. Conventional contracts hinder wider use. The presentation will discuss strategies to overcome contracting obstacles for expanded Critical Chain application.

Critical Chain in Aeronautical Maintenance (MRO) - The world of projects when every minute counts

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Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) is widely adopted in aeronautical maintenance (MRO), including by the U.S. Air Force. This industry leads CCPM adoption because saving one day in Turn Around Time is valued at ~$100K.

Evaluating the Synergy in using the Last Planner System and CCPM together: a Public Realm City Centre Project

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An action research project successfully combined Lean (Last Planner System/Kanban) and Theory of Constraints (Critical Chain Project Management/Exepron) flow concepts to benefit a public realm project.

Half the duration and cost of projects in a state owned bank

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This presentation details how a client significantly increased productivity and project delivery on time while reducing costs. The case study covers the installation of new rules and processes that delivered fantastic results.

Agile Constraints Management

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Integrating Theory of Constraints (TOC) with original Agile creates a synergistic model for more effective software engineering management, leading to a truly agile system guided by TOC.

Pulse Management - another way to reach goals faster for IT and R&D companies

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The Pulse Management method helps R&D companies in multi-project environments address uncertainty by combining Critical Chain Project Management, Agile, and regular management for effective results.

Introductory Educational Series (Part 3 of 4): Planning & Scheduling Single Project

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Part 3 of a 4-part series, this presentation introduces single project planning and scheduling, covering the what, how, who, duration, and validation. It continues from Building Blocks and precedes Multi-Project Scheduling.

Introductory Educational Series (Part 2 of 4): Critical Chain Overview

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Introducing Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM): a breakthrough approach utilized by global organizations to accelerate projects, increase capacity, improve on-time completion, and boost team member motivation, engagement, and harmony.

Introductory Educational Series (Part 4 of 4): Scheduling & Execution in Multi-Project Environments

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Learn to schedule multiple projects in a multi-project environment. Focus on prioritizing, staggering, and executing across a portfolio to improve project flow.

Introductory Educational Series (Part 1 of 4):The Basic Rationale for moving from Critical Path to Critical Chain Project Management

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PMSim, developed by Eli Schragenheim for Dr. Goldratt, demonstrates the flaws of Critical Path methodology and introduces Critical Chain planning (CCPM) using scenarios with varied assumptions on uncertainty and human behavior.

Assessing the value of a project

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Project selection is critical; too many unnecessary features are included, and necessary ones are missed. Use Goldratt's Six Questions to choose the right project and maximize value for users.

Vicious Cycle in Projects And How to Reverse it

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A vicious cycle is when solving one problem creates another, which ultimately brings back the first, often worse. Dr. Goldratt identified this common project organization cycle and developed a way to reverse it into a virtuous one.

Solving the project control problem in large construction projects

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Making high-leverage, reliable decisions on large, complex, and highly uncertain construction projects requires a more fundamental breakthrough than classical CCPM.

R&D Projects faster and more easily with 2-Tier planning

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Centurion Systems moved from detailed MS Project plans to 2-TIER planning, which stabilized the Critical Chain. This new approach offers a high-level flow, recognizing that projects are dynamic and details often unpredictable.

The Shortest Path To Completing Your Late Project

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Get a CCPM-inspired execution solution, customized for your project, to quickly implement and move your project faster toward completion, especially if it's running late and you need immediate results.