Critical Chain Project Management, Second Edition

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Leach (U. of Phoenix), a project management professional and head of a private management consulting firm, has published previous works on critical chain project management (CCPM). He provides professionals with a guide to the techniques, tools, and theory of CCPM to enable them to develop critical chain solutions applicable to all types of projects. The second edition has been revised throughout and features expanded coverage of critical chain planning, multiple project selection and management, critical change project networks, the Organizational Project Maturity Model (OPM3), new Agile and Lean techniques related to CCPM, and effective strategies for achieving the organizational change necessary to succeed with this model.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Book Description
The Artech House bestseller, Critical Chain Project Management, now builds on its success in a second edition packed with fresh, field-tested insights on how to plan, lead, and complete projects in "half the time, all the time." It provides you with expanded coverage on critical chain planning, multiple project selection and management, critical change project networks, OPM3, new Agile and Lean techniques related to critical chain project management (CCPM), and effective strategies for bringing about the organizational change required to succeed with this breakthrough method. This cutting-edge work gives you full understanding of the CCPM techniques, tools, and theory you need to develop critical chain solutions and apply them to all types of projects. You get clear instructions on how to build single-project critical chain plans and how to stagger projects in a multiple-project environment. You also learn buffer management techniques for avoiding the pitfalls of committing too much or too little to any specific project, and for meeting project time and cost commitments every time. Moreover, the book integrates key features of PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) with critical chain to help you master key project management skills not covered in other critical chain books, such as scope control and risk management. This easy-to-follow guide offers you the power to shorten project delivery time, eliminate cost and scheduling over-runs, manage project resources more efficiently, reduce stress on your project team, and finish projects that meet or exceed expectations. Over 100 illustrations help clarify this innovative method that has produced well-documented results in a growing variety of project environments.


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Plan and manage projects that yield successful results all the time in half the time you?re used to with this new guide. Providing the theory, tools and techniques you need to implement critical chain project management in your organization, you learn how to reduce stress on a project team, eliminate cost and scheduling over-runs, effectively manage project resources, and finish projects that meet or exceed expectations. This book provides a breakthrough project planning and control method proven to succeed in project management. You get clear, concise guidelines that help you implement critical chain in your organization and adapt it to existing projects, and you understand how to measure critical chain project success.


About the Author
Lawrence P. Leach is president of Advanced Projects, Inc. and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He received his M.S.ME. from the University of Connecticut and his M.B.A. from the University of Idaho.


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Lawrence P. Leach is president of Advanced Projects, Inc. and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He received his M.S.ME. from the University of Connecticut and his M.B.A. from the University of Idaho.


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