Critical Chain Project Management

In this Tutorial you will learn, in 7 minutes, how to plan and monitor a project using the Critical Chain principles through a simple example. We used Microsoft Project and a software add-on called ProChain.

Website dedicated to Critical Chain Project Management. Launched in June 2020.

When launching the E-Jet-E2 range, Embraer reset the standard for the aircraft industry. Others took at least 85 months to develop and launch a new plane. Using Critical Chain Project Management Embraer took 59. This project won Embraer the PMI Project of the Year Award in 2019.

In 2005, Delta Air Lines filed for bankruptcy. In 2006, TOC concepts were implemented that focused on constraints and improving overall engine maintenance. These concepts were successful in which they gave clear understanding to where they apply six sigma and lean methods to achieve true bottom-line results. Delta Air Lines implemented TOC in July 2006 and by the end of the year exceeded their stretch goal by $12 million.

This is one of the videos on the new TOCICO YouTube Channel launched in 2021.

Imagine finishing all your projects on time or ahead of time. Imagine that you can manage your projects twice as fast and doubling the number of projects you do today in the same time frame. Wouldn't that be nice? This sounds like a project miracle, but actually, it is what speaker Philip MARRIS, CEO of Marris Consulting and Critical Chain expert, discussed with the PMI Chapter members at the sold-out event hosted at the PMI Luxembourg Chapter’s first gold sponsor, Microsoft, in their funky premises in Clausen.

The path to this amazing project or portfolio manager’s dream is not a blue pill or some miraculous formula, but a simple decision that organizations can make to reach this result in a predictable time frame.

This approach first appeared at the end of the 90s. Today it is used quite extensively throughout the world. Over 500 companies have implemented it including: Mazda, Siemens, Embraer, Procter & Gamble, Louis Vuitton, Safran, Boeing, Lilly and the United States armed forces. Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) allows ...

BeingManagement is Japan's #1 Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) software. Every feature of BeingManagement is expertly designed for achieving high due-date performance and improving reliability without cost overruns and resource overloads.
In the more than 15 years since its introduction, BeingManagement has been adopted by over 800 clients in many industries around the world, and has become the #1 CCPM software for major Japanese companies, including Mazda Motor Corporation, Sharp Corporation, OMRON group companies and Toshiba group companies.

Many industries, including construction, have been using CPM scheduling for a very long time. However, due to the increasingly competitive business environment, tighter time constraints are becoming the norm of the industry. And as a result, more

Quick Turnaround: How a Kadena Maintenance Group (Japan) Radically Increased sorties for an F-15C/D fighter squadron.
"...the unit pulled off a “super surge,” putting up 436 sorties in three and a half days. That’s the equivalent of more than a month’s worth of flying condensed into less than a week."
“It was considered an unsolvable problem,” Ray explained in a phone interview with Air Force Magazine. Now, with the same ageing fleet, modifications, and other issues, “we’re putting up the most [F-15C/D] sorties in the Air Force.”
"The key to their success: the Theory Of Constraints." ...

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Charles River Laboratories used Critical Chain in the management of their extensive portfolio of IT projects. Despite far-from-ideal circumstances, and significant inertia and resistance, implementing Critical Chain helped deliver significant value to the organization. Before Critical Chain, about 55% of IT projects were delivered on time. Within a year of implementing Critical Chain this rose to over 90%, and has remained at over 90% for the past 2 years. At the same time end-user satisfaction with the delivered solutions rose. The biggest measure was the improvement in employee engagement and job satisfaction.

Registration is now open for ProChain Solutions June 2021 Online Critical Chain Conference

Extract from John Ricketts' webinar "Constraint Management for Information Technology". In this 6 minutes extract John Ricketts explains the differences between Agile and Critical Chain and in which situation he uses on or the other.