About this Presentation
Critical chain project management (CCPM) has provided significant contributions to the success of projects in various project environments. However, there are still large gaps between the current reality and our ambition in 'complex' environments such as software development for new products and major upgrades. Therefore, from the standing on the shoulders of giants (SOSG) process, a new buffer management practice, 'Velocity-based buffer management' (VBBM), was developed to fill in the gaps. Through this presentation, my experimental knowledge for performing VBBM are shared with you. If you find anything you agree with the following, I encourage you to participate in this presentation, and please help me to improve this knowledge together. Let’s get on the shoulders of CCPM! 1. You believe in the power of CCPM and are interested in the agile method as well. 2. In your environment, you can determine 'what should be done' relatively easily. However, estimating 'how long' is extremely difficult. 3. Sometimes, your / your client’s projects become 'foggy', when they are brand new or major upgrade projects. 4. You have some projects that are out of the pipeline. In other words, there are some projects that are managed with other measurement, instead of buffer status. 5. You want to manage your projects, more intuitively based on CCPM. 6. You believe that there is more room, for maximizing the flow of your system yet.
What Will You Learn
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Instructor(s)
Koichi Ujigawa
Kobus van der Zel a senior consultant at MorrisAnderson, operating as a Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP) in companies facing liquidity or transition challenges. Kobus holds mechanical engineering and MBA degrees, and is a qualified TOC Jonah (1999). Since 1999 he has tied his turnaround fees to monthly profitability or cash flow results, in order to create a pull system for truly understanding the obstacles for higher business and people performance. Coaching and interim CEO engagements over a span of 16 years in South Africa, Canada and the USA has enabled him to summarize the forces preventing higher performance in his book The Forces of Progress (www.lulu.com/spotlight/globalturnarounds). “When I engage with a new underperforming company I am always surprised at how so many weak people could have gathered in one company” Kobus says. “Eli helped me to understand that people are inherently good, and that it was the company that made the people weak – which is great news, because it means the process can be reversed to make them strong again!” Kobus’ system for people development is at the root of his turnaround strategies by using the online accelerator www.YourSensei.org – which combine the best of TOC, lean manufacturing and people development processes to ensure optimal cash flow generation when it is needed most.