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…
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Critical Chain
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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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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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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