About this Presentation
Join Simon, Rene, and Tim as they explore the successful implementation of Critical Chain Project Management and Rules of Flow within BAE Systems. This presentation will showcase real-world applications, the challenges faced during implementation, and the significant benefits realized across various projects, highlighting how these methodologies have enhanced efficiency and project delivery.
What Will You Learn
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BAE Systems, one of the globe's largest defense contractors, has been on a long journey with TOC and Critical Chain, emphasizing the importance of a performance-driven and values-led corporate culture.
The company has developed a five-step implementation model, which includes a pilot, proper evaluation, proper preparation for the pilot, and review after the pilot.
BAE Systems has faced challenges in crossing the chasm between early adopters and early majority in technology adoption, emphasizing the need for clear results, logical and practical enablers, and mitigating the lack of risk tolerance.
Instructor(s)
Simon White
Simon White works for BAE Systems Australia as Manager of Project Controls. His current role is to ‘Deliver Reliable and Repeatable Project Control’ across a multi-billion dollar portfolio of +220 defense projects, spread over Air, Maritime and Software/Cyber domains. He was part of a successful application of CCPM to an Aerospace MRO environment, and this has been shared widely within the BAE business globally, as well as via TOCICO Global Conference, CCPM Global Conference, Project Control Expo UK and Aus, and more.
Ms Alka Wadhwa
Alka Wadhwa is an experienced consultant and process improvement expert with over 24 years of expertise in the Theory of Constraints (TOC), Lean Six Sigma, and organizational performance optimization. She has successfully led projects in healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing, driving significant improvements such as a 67% boost in hospital operations and a 140% increase in outpatient visits.
Previously, Alka Wadhwa spent 17+ years at GE Global Research Center, where she led initiatives to enhance various GE businesses through advanced technologies, process redesign, and system optimization. Founder of Better Solutions Consulting, LLC, she specializes in using TOC, Six Sigma, and data analytics to streamline operations and build high-performance teams.
Her work has earned her multiple accolades, including the Empire State Award of Excellence in healthcare.
Rene Nibbelke
René Nibbelke is a BAE Systems Project Management Fellow, currently on secondment to the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence as a Senior Adviser to support their transformation programs. He became an advocate for Critical Chain after trialing it on a number of Defence projects in the UK and USA. His approach has been to collaborate with world leading experts and apply Business Change Management best practices to ensure successful adoption and enduring sustainment of Critical Chain applications. He is an Association for Project Management Chartered Project Management Professional, a Chartered Quality Institute Chartered Quality Professional, and holds postgraduate qualifications from University College London, University of Manachester Business School, and Henley Business School. René is a qualified TOCICO Critical Chain Practitioner and recipient of the TOCICO 2022 TOC Champion Award, the 2023 TOCICO Outstanding TOC Implementation Award and the 2023 Project Control Expo Innovation Award. He is the lead author of the 2024 Association for Project Management Senior Managers’ and Project Managers’ Guide to Critical Chain written in collaboration with, and endorsed by, TOCICO.
Tim Stacey
Tim Stacey is a highly experienced Project Management Professional with extensive experience in the project delivery of military vehicles. His career includes meeting extensive surge requirements for operational requirements (Iraq and Afghanistan) and a leading Project Management role in the Challenger 3 program to deliver the most advanced main battle tank in NATO. Tim has led the use of Critical Chain Project Management / Theory of Constraints within the program.