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Critical Chain

Keeping Speed with Buffers

At ProChain, we love buffers. But here’s a dirty secret: buffers can kill speed. How? We know that buffers exist to protect commitment dates. But if the dates are what…
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The “Critical Chain Tool”

I often hear people talk about the “critical chain tool.” They may say “we plan to try the tool” or “please show us the tool.” There’s nothing directly wrong with…
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Critical Chain and Research

Many of our ProChain clients do significant R&D work, so people ask us from time to time whether critical chain is applicable in a research environment. The common wisdom is…
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Fever Chart Regions

I am sometimes asked how one should decide where the red, yellow, and green regions for a fever chart should go. In this post I will talk about the basics.…
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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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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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Be Fast Or Be Gone

The idea for my newest book Be Fast or Be Gone came to me while working on a contribution for my blog “The Point”. I have posted a number of…
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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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