Making all the feeder chain activities ALAP increase risks, buffer activities duration and cost shall be reconsidered with all schedule updates. It is not easy to do manually.
I have set up one client with Critical Chain scheduling in Microsoft Project. They were involved in an aircraft project.
It is a bit of mucking around but it is basically achieved it by making all the feeder chain activities ALAP and putting in buffer tasks in the appropriate places.
I think it has a lot going for it and I would like to see the functionality introduced into more software packages.
Paul E Harris
Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia
Planning and Scheduling Book Publishers, Training & Consulting
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14 years 7 monthsHello, Please have a look at
Hello,
Please have a look at Lynx. Lynx supports critical chain project management for multi-project environments.
You can download a free version from www.a-dato.net!
Regards Kees Vermeulen
Member for
14 years 7 monthsHello, Please have a look at
Hello,
Please have a look at Lynx. Lynx supports critical chain project management for multi-project environments.
You can download a free version from www.a-dato.net!
Regards Kees Vermeulen
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22 years 11 monthsRE: Theory of Constraints/Critical Chain
There are two vendors that I know of offering Critical Chain add-ins for MS Project. Check out the the listings under Critical Chain Software.
Bernard Ertl
eTaskMaker Project Planning Software
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24 years 8 monthsRE: Theory of Constraints/Critical Chain
Making all the feeder chain activities ALAP increase risks, buffer activities duration and cost shall be reconsidered with all schedule updates. It is not easy to do manually.
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24 years 6 monthsRE: Theory of Constraints/Critical Chain
Nozar
I have set up one client with Critical Chain scheduling in Microsoft Project. They were involved in an aircraft project.
It is a bit of mucking around but it is basically achieved it by making all the feeder chain activities ALAP and putting in buffer tasks in the appropriate places.
I think it has a lot going for it and I would like to see the functionality introduced into more software packages.
Paul E Harris
Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia
Planning and Scheduling Book Publishers, Training & Consulting
www.eh.com.au
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22 years 9 monthsRE: Theory of Constraints/Critical Chain
Hi,
Microsoft has shown no evidence so far to implement TOC.
You could find on the Internet one or two MSP 2002/2003 add-ons which will help you on that way.
Why not to turn your eyes to Project Scheduler 8 (www.sciforma.com) or Asta PowerProject 8 (www.Astadev.com)?
Alexandre