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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 24 – “Buffer Management”
Marc realizes that a lot of the minutiae he tracks from his team has now become busywork as he has cut the number of projects and increased the flow of WIP. Continue reading
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Tagged Buffer, Executive MBA, Fever Chart, Goldratt, Project Management, Project Tracking, Rick Silver
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 22 – “What Changes to Expect?”
Her father extended the topic and its impact to give it depth; her master stroke here is instead to bring the topic together to show its impact and drive home the importance of short communication loops and psychological safety when working on projects. Continue reading
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Tagged Classroom, Communication, Executive MBA, Goldratt, MBA, Project Management, Psychological Safety, Rules of Flow, The Goal, ToC
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 17 – “Full-kit Before Production”
By having clear checklists and only kicking off projects that have the necessary ingredients for success, Marc sees his department is getting more done and the people appear to be happier. His sister, Sam, running the company’s plant is unhappy and calls to tell him so – because Marc’s team increased throughput is releasing more to her team than she is prepared to handle. Continue reading
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Tagged Goldratt, PMP, Project Management, Projects, The Goal, Theory of Constraints, throughput
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 7 – “Removing the Nice-to-Haves”
[If you haven’t read the original version of The Goal – it’s a better book. Here’s a chapter-by-chapter video summary, and a <60 second summary too.] [Click here for a 60 second video summary of the first 8 chapters of … Continue reading
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Tagged Critical Chain, Goldratt, Project Management, The Goal, Theory of Constraints
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Project Planning: Stay out of the (San Francisco) Mud
San Francisco’s $350 MM Millennium Tower is sinking into the mud beneath it. Finished in 2009, some now believe that it could sink as much as 3 feet – greater than initial estimates of ‘possibly an inch in the event … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Materials, Mud, Planning, Project, Project Management, Soil
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