Introduction to Critical Chain
I’ve finally gotten around to putting together a brief video Introduction to Critical Chain, please let me know what you think. (I recommend using the YouTube “expand” button, it gives…
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Posts by Rob Newbold
More on Deadline Management
We continue to think about and promote a move away from deadline and milestone management, towards the relay race. The following quote from an Earned Value list on LinkedIn triggered…
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A Culture of Dates
In our time-conscious world, we’re used to thinking in terms of dates. What’s my calendar for today? When is the meeting, the doctor’s appointment, the television program? We rush to…
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Look Where You Want to Go
A while ago I completed a motorcycle safety class. There’s an interesting point they make over and over in the class: you should look where you want to go, not…
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Earned Value and Critical Chain
Two questions were asked on the LinkedIn “Earned Value Management” forum: “Q1. What are the WEAKNESSES and LIMITATIONS of EVM? Q2. Can EVM schedule forecasting methods provide us RELIABLE EARLY…
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Agile and Critical Chain
Introduction Agile software development techniques routinely bring a number of important benefits to software development organizations. By focusing on frequent iterations (short-term code releases), the cycle time for certain key…
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