About this Presentation
One of the Netherlands' largest breeders and young plant producers, shipping over 2 billion items annually, is transitioning from its proprietary ERP system to a new specialized ERP system. This transition is critical; any misstep could freeze their logistical and financial activities. The project's success hinges on the involvement of numerous employees, who must balance their daily operational roles with project demands, highlighting a prime opportunity for performance optimization. Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) is integral to this optimization, with two main improvements. The first is a revamped project management approach introduced by the Better Results Group, which, by employing projectenfabriek principles, has significantly sharpened focus and reduced the time needed for project tasks, aligning well with employees' busy schedules. The second is the implementation of A-dato's Lynx CCPM software, bringing a suite of tools: a stage module for executive strategy updates, CCPM-based scheduling for prioritizing tasks that streamline implementation, integrations with JIRA, and TameFlow integrations for rapid, across-the-board project feedback, ensuring an always up-to-date project timeline.
What Will You Learn
To help you get the most value from this session, we’ve highlighted a few key points. These takeaways capture the main ideas and practical insights from the presentation, making it easier for you to review, reflect, and apply what you’ve learned.
Learn how Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) can improve predictability and reduce risk in high-complexity ERP implementations by focusing on the true project constraints.
Understand why traditional ERP project planning often fails to account for resource contention, variability, and interdependent work streams, and how CCPM addresses these issues.
See how strategic use of buffers, prioritization, and cross-functional collaboration helps keep mission-critical ERP projects on track and aligned with business needs.
Gain insight into practical behaviors and governance practices that support sustained execution discipline throughout the lifecycle of a large ERP rollout.
Instructor(s)
Niels Mani
Niels Mani, With his background as a hydrodynamic engineer and an entrepreneur in event logistics project management, the Flow approach fits Niels like a glove. Niels built his own business early on and experienced first-hand how Flow and Critical Chain techniques can have an amazing impact on the performance of project portfolios. To have a bigger impact, Niels switched from entrepreneurship to consulting and lecturing. He teaches at NEOMA Business School in Paris. He enjoys sharing his expertise with people in organisations who want to change the world for the better. His expertise focuses on Engineering to Order in shipbuilding, infrastructure and offshore. Niels lives in the “make it happen” city of Rotterdam with his wife and son and spends most of his free time sailing on the water or enjoying the tranquillity of forests.
Niels Mani
Niels Mani, With his background as a hydrodynamic engineer and an entrepreneur in event logistics project management, the Flow approach fits Niels like a glove. Niels built his own business early on and experienced first-hand how Flow and Critical Chain techniques can have an amazing impact on the performance of project portfolios. To have a bigger impact, Niels switched from entrepreneurship to consulting and lecturing. He teaches at NEOMA Business School in Paris. He enjoys sharing his expertise with people in organisations who want to change the world for the better. His expertise focuses on Engineering to Order in shipbuilding, infrastructure and offshore. Niels lives in the “make it happen” city of Rotterdam with his wife and son and spends most of his free time sailing on the water or enjoying the tranquillity of forests.
Gijs Andrea
Gijs Andrea has dedicated over 15 years to mastering the Theory of Constraints, a commitment that has led to significant performance improvements for individuals, departments, and organizations alike. His approach is deeply analytical, focusing on the inherent logic within people and processes, guided by a scientific management perspective inspired by notables such as Deming, Goldratt, Ohno, and Ford. Gijs's profound insights and practical applications of these principles are thoroughly documented in his books, "De Dienstenfabriek" (The Service Factory) and "De Projectenfabriek" (The Project Factory).
Ad Vermeulen
Ad Vermeulen is the director/co-founder at A-dato and an expert in implementation of software solutions in the field of flow-based project and portfolio management.
In 2006, A-dato was started out of the belief that people, teams and organizations should be able to collaborate smoothly and effectively when pursuing their goals and ambitions. In order to do so, we created the LYNX, a software for Multi-Project and Portfolio management solutions inspired by the principles from Theory of Constraints (TOC) and Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM).
LYNX Software is used by leading companies worldwide such as Airbus, Bosch, Diamond Air, Endress and Zeiss, and enables them to optimize and synchronize workflows across their total portfolio and project management landscape.
LYNX is easy to implement and scales to fit the needs from small to large organizations. Moreover, Agile and Kanban workflows are fully integrated through LYNX TameFlow with the flexibility to customize the implementation and configure processes as needed.