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Theory of Constraints/Critical Chain

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Tue, 2005-07-12 16:13
Nozar Naghani
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Hello planners
There are signs that Project scheduling and control is moving faster towards TOC (Theory of constraints).

1- Has anybody heard from Microsoft, if there will be (in near future) any Critical Chain & TOC capability added to MS-Project?

2- As MS-Project users, how much do you agree with the trend mentioned above(TOC becoming more popular)?


Have fun
Nozar

PS: I sent the same message to P3e forum. Lets see what Primavera has for us!
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Tue, 2011-03-22 09:25
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Kees Vermeulen
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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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Tue, 2011-03-22 09:25
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Kees Vermeulen
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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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Wed, 2005-07-20 09:51
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Bernard Ertl
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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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Wed, 2005-07-20 09:25
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Vladimir Liberzon
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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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Wed, 2005-07-20 07:57
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Paul Harris
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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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