Senior Managers' and Project Managers' Guide to Critical Chain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Management, Association for Project.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Project management.

Resource allocation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (33 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princes Risborough : Association for Project Management, 2024.

Summary:

As a senior manager or project manager, do you experience the challenges of dealing with complexity and uncertainty while trying to deliver on time? Do you feel that the overall planned project duration 'should be enough', but time gets wasted? Critical chain has been proven to address the root causes of these challenges in both planning and delivery.This guide:explains what critical chain is and its benefits, with credible case studies (including links to videos)shows how critical chain works with 10 simple 'rules of flow', and recommendations for further readingprovides a clear path to getting started.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Preface

Executive summary

Introduction

Part 1: For the senior manager and project manager

What is critical chain?

Why should senior managers and project managers embrace critical chain?

What benefits does critical chain deliver?

What is the role as a senior manager to deliver the benefits?

What are the critical chain principles and rules?

Part 2: For the critical chain business change implementation team

Justifying the case for critical chain and sense of urgency

Creating a guiding coalition

Planning the business change project

Sharing the vision and collaborating with all elements of the organisation

Common obstacles to implementation

Measuring and celebrating success

Implementing the 10 rules of flow

Part 3: For the project team

Roles and responsibilities

Training and coaching

Technology and tools

Measures, behaviours and practices

Scaling up and influencing the project context

So what next? A call to action

Appendix: Mapping critical chain to key elements of the APM Body of Knowledge

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ISBN:

1-913305-33-3

OCLC:

1523185555