Program and extract of Advanced Critical Chain training
Find below the detailed program of the advanced Critical Chain Project Management traning session, and download an extract of the training.
Advanced Critical Chain scheduling
• Key scheduling points and special cases
• Planning optimization
• Risk management
• Rescheduling during project execution
Communication and management of external actors
• Supplier scheduling and management
• Communication with the customer
• Shall you show a Critical Chain schedule or hide it?
Identification of the capacity constraints in projects
• Reminders of the Theory of Constraints and the notions of constraints
• Tips and pitfalls to avoid when finding the capacity constraint
• Examples of capacity constraints in projects
Portfolio management the Critical Chain way
• Limit the level of WIP: reasons and tips to reduce WIP
• Staggering of the project portfolio
• Use of the capacity constraint
• Combine the Critical Chain with the TOC 5 Focusing Steps
Critical Chain complementarity with other approaches
• Critical Chain and Agile
• Critical Chain and Lean Engineering
• Why and how to combine the different approaches
CCPM software solution
• CCPM software comparison
• Parameters to take into account when choosing a software
• Implementation without software
Conclusion
• Managerial impact
• Sustainability of the CCPM deployment