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Dazzling Speed
(Critical Chain Project Management)
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The weakest link in a chain is in fact the strongest one since it breaks it !
St. Letz
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A great deal of todays business activities have project approach; Traditional Darwinism (The strong eat the weak) is already substituted by business Darwinism (The quick eat the slow)
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Identify the constraint; Exploit the constraint; Subordinate everything else in the System to Art. 2; Eliminate the root cause of the constraint; Go back to Art. 1 and do not allow inertia to become the real constraint! ( E. Goldratt )
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It is the Critical Chain that acts as project constraint; It defines its success or failure!
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1. The non-critical parts of project plan are completely subordinated to the Critical Chain.
2. These part are known as Feeding chains;Subordination means that these chains must be completed before planned start of next task in the Critical Chain;
3. Resulting protection time gap is called Feeding Buffer.
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About Buffers:
Project Buffer protects the whole project from variation along the Critical Chain; Project Buffer serves as main indicator for project progress; Feeding Buffer protect the project from variation along feeding chains; Buffer length is defined by application of ROT Rule of Thumb often 50% from net time length of corrresponding chain; Definition of timing for feeding chains is shown in sequence 1-2-3 below.
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Tough Issues!
We must create attitude in people which does not allow the Student Syndrome! Apply relay race method (When I get a task, I will start it immediately, I will do it in the fastest possible way, I will do nothing else and I will transfer it immediately to next link of project chain!) No multitasking is allowed! Make this basic part of Company culture!
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Project Monitoring Screenshot (Example) (Or what does the boss see)
Priority 1 21 Status Project name Project 1 Project 2 Project manager John Screw 25.12.2006 Mary Mess 31.01.2007 48 Deadline
% accomplished
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Project 3
Project 4 Project 5 Project 6 Project 7
Peter Pickpocket
14.02.2007 Mary Mess George Binladin Helluv OBooze Mary Mess 03.03.2008 24.05.2007 01.08.2008 30.10.2007
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Project 8
Helluv OBooze
23.11.2007
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