Posts by Rob Newbold

Going with the Flow

Over the past few years, the concept of “Flow” has become more and more popular in Critical Chain circles. The basic concept is easy: value “flows” from an organization in…
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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…
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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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Why “Islands of Stability”?

I get this question a lot: why the book, why the concept. Here’s the answer. Our previous book, The Project Manifesto, was designed to show what needs to happen in…
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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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