Critical Chain
by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
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Author: Eliyahu M. GoldrattEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-01
ISBN: 0884271536
Number of pages: 246
Publisher: North River Press
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Book Review: TOC-driven project management at its best
Summary: 5 Stars
Critical Chain will revolutionize project management. "Eli" Goldratt's new business thriller has all the earmarks of a winner and no doubt will do for project management what The Goal did for production and It's Not Luck has done for marketing.
This time, the story evolves in a university setting and our determined hero Richard Silver is an Assistant Professor in business who exudes natural teaching ability, but is a bit short on securing academic tenure.
Critical Chain is as much an indictment of our current crop of non-relevant MBA programs as it is an expose of how TOC (Theory of Constraints) concepts can rejuvenate project management. Goldratt is well aware of the lack of relevance of some of today's university MBA offerings, as well as the growing list of companies creating their own programs, including such efforts as General Electric's highly regarded Crotonville leadership academy.
Never at a loss for a solution to problems which are first clearly identified using TOC methodology and associated Thinking Processes, Goldratt proceeds to solve project management uncertainties which, in the past, have defied even intensely focused, albeit more conventional solution attempts.
Transforming critical path technology into critical chain thinking, lies at the heart of Goldratt's TOC-driven project management philosophy. Using critical chain methods, the author shows us how to plan, implement, and execute projects according to "real-world" mandates, AND get them done in time and within budget.
TOC basics have taught us that every system has constraints and that invariably constraint time is more valuable than non-constraint time. This understanding is also basic to effective project management, as amply demonstrated by our story's other heroes, Professor Silver's students in his Project Management class.
Critical Chain's message is so logical and simple that it will probably take years before its "revolutionary" new technology will be accepted by today's critical path pragmatists. Don't waste your time with such uninformed skeptics. Hopefully, most of them will be working for the competition.
Read this book and find out how to use common sense, the TOC way, and complete your projects on time, every time.
Most of us have been involved with projects which didn't stand a chance of ever achieving their stated objectives. According to Eli, such predicaments are history, if you tackle them his Critical Chain way.
Bruno Lewandowski, Editor, World Aero-Engine Review.
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"Critical Chain," a gripping fast-paced business novel, does for Project Management what Eli Goldratt's other novels have done for Production and Marketing. Dr. Goldratt's books have transformed the thinking and actions of management throughout the world.Management Books
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