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Leadership and Agreement

Most of the leadership books I’ve read talk a lot about the characteristics of a leader, without quite getting to a definition. So I use my own simple definition, consistent…
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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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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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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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