About this Presentation
Agile project management gets broad propagation. Its extreme lightweight steering has advantages – but are local optimizations and do not use the full potential. On the other hand critical chain is a full-blown project steering – but sometimes e.g. in sub-projects agile methods can be absolutely sufficient. So critical chain doesn’t use the benefits of the agile methods. The presentation shows a two-phase approach to first make the agile methods compatible to critical chain and in the second step to improve the agile methods itself. All this is based on the thinking processes (TP) of the TOC and ideas based on drum-buffer-rope. The approach is validated in real projects and real teams’ part of a worldwide active internet provider. As a result, agile methods can be used to steer sub-projects more lightweight. With small adjustments it’s possible to get some buffer at the end to initially control the WIP. With the buffer at the end you can use progress-buffer-consumption monitoring. That makes agile compatible with CCPM. You do not need protection of sprints any more, therefore continuous flow is possible. The focus moves to reduce the inventory of open tasks. Maximum throughput and minimum lead time are now realistic and reachable.
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Instructor(s)
Wolfram Muller
Wolfram Müller is internationally renowned as a speaker, author, and expert on bottleneck management and self-organized changes based on the "Theory of Constraints." As early as 1987, he discovered the fun of fast projects during his studies and later as head of the PMO at ;1 Internet AG. Since 2006, he has been making this fun and his many years of expertise available as a consultant: Over 50 companies, from start-ups and SMEs to corporations with 6,500 employees from all sectors, have benefited from his knowledge and methods to date. Whether in the automotive sector, special machine construction, IT, or medical technology. Companies such as Festo, Endress+Hauser, Megger, Otto Fuchs, and Bosch swear by his expertise. The results are always similar: at least +50% more projects with the same resources and a reduction in project times of 25-50% within a few weeks.