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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…

Buffers, Safety Time, and The Project Manifesto

The problem with most definitions of the project buffer is that traditional schedules already have safety time. Some of that protection may be in the form of inflated task times…

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.…