Critical Chain
| By: | Eliyahu M. Goldratt |
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| Media: | Paperback |
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Amazon Customer Reviews
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Enjoyable and useful
This book is well written; easy to read and to understand. It includes a bunch of useful concepts in a smooth way, so you assimilate the almost without effort.
Since it is written like a novel, rather than a textbook, I found myself reading it eagerly and I finished it in very few days. On the other hand, it is not suitable as a reference book.
In conclusion, if you want to introduce in project managing from a practical point of view just buy it, it really pays off
Innovative
An interesting concept presented in an innovative novel. Easy to read and follow. Just like a novel once you start, it is a page turner and hard to put down.
I highly recommend this along with Goldratt's first novel, The Goal.
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Enjoyable and useful
This book is well written; easy to read and to understand. It includes a bunch of useful concepts in a smooth way, so you assimilate the almost without effort.
Since it is written like a novel, rather than a textbook, I found myself reading it eagerly and I finished it in very few days. On the other hand, it is not suitable as a reference book.
In conclusion, if you want to introduce in project managing from a practical point of view just buy it, it really pays off
Innovative
An interesting concept presented in an innovative novel. Easy to read and follow. Just like a novel once you start, it is a page turner and hard to put down.
I highly recommend this along with Goldratt's first novel, The Goal.
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Enjoyable and useful
This book is well written; easy to read and to understand. It includes a bunch of useful concepts in a smooth way, so you assimilate the almost without effort.
Since it is written like a novel, rather than a textbook, I found myself reading it eagerly and I finished it in very few days. On the other hand, it is not suitable as a reference book.
In conclusion, if you want to introduce in project managing from a practical point of view just buy it, it really pays off
Innovative
An interesting concept presented in an innovative novel. Easy to read and follow. Just like a novel once you start, it is a page turner and hard to put down.
I highly recommend this along with Goldratt's first novel, The Goal.
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Enjoyable and useful
This book is well written; easy to read and to understand. It includes a bunch of useful concepts in a smooth way, so you assimilate the almost without effort.
Since it is written like a novel, rather than a textbook, I found myself reading it eagerly and I finished it in very few days. On the other hand, it is not suitable as a reference book.
In conclusion, if you want to introduce in project managing from a practical point of view just buy it, it really pays off
Innovative
An interesting concept presented in an innovative novel. Easy to read and follow. Just like a novel once you start, it is a page turner and hard to put down.
I highly recommend this along with Goldratt's first novel, The Goal.
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Enjoyable and useful
This book is well written; easy to read and to understand. It includes a bunch of useful concepts in a smooth way, so you assimilate the almost without effort.
Since it is written like a novel, rather than a textbook, I found myself reading it eagerly and I finished it in very few days. On the other hand, it is not suitable as a reference book.
In conclusion, if you want to introduce in project managing from a practical point of view just buy it, it really pays off
Innovative
An interesting concept presented in an innovative novel. Easy to read and follow. Just like a novel once you start, it is a page turner and hard to put down.
I highly recommend this along with Goldratt's first novel, The Goal.
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Enjoyable and useful
This book is well written; easy to read and to understand. It includes a bunch of useful concepts in a smooth way, so you assimilate the almost without effort.
Since it is written like a novel, rather than a textbook, I found myself reading it eagerly and I finished it in very few days. On the other hand, it is not suitable as a reference book.
In conclusion, if you want to introduce in project managing from a practical point of view just buy it, it really pays off
Innovative
An interesting concept presented in an innovative novel. Easy to read and follow. Just like a novel once you start, it is a page turner and hard to put down.
I highly recommend this along with Goldratt's first novel, The Goal.
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Enjoyable and useful
This book is well written; easy to read and to understand. It includes a bunch of useful concepts in a smooth way, so you assimilate the almost without effort.
Since it is written like a novel, rather than a textbook, I found myself reading it eagerly and I finished it in very few days. On the other hand, it is not suitable as a reference book.
In conclusion, if you want to introduce in project managing from a practical point of view just buy it, it really pays off
Innovative
An interesting concept presented in an innovative novel. Easy to read and follow. Just like a novel once you start, it is a page turner and hard to put down.
I highly recommend this along with Goldratt's first novel, The Goal.
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Enjoyable and useful
This book is well written; easy to read and to understand. It includes a bunch of useful concepts in a smooth way, so you assimilate the almost without effort.
Since it is written like a novel, rather than a textbook, I found myself reading it eagerly and I finished it in very few days. On the other hand, it is not suitable as a reference book.
In conclusion, if you want to introduce in project managing from a practical point of view just buy it, it really pays off
Innovative
An interesting concept presented in an innovative novel. Easy to read and follow. Just like a novel once you start, it is a page turner and hard to put down.
I highly recommend this along with Goldratt's first novel, The Goal.
Critical chain in the series.
You're a project manager? This book is good.
You're not a project manager? You can learn from this, as being a single mom is being a project manager as well. It doesn't have the magic though if you can't transform knowledge to wisdom and that's where this book comes up short.
Although TOC is taken one step further, this book is on the edge of the four star rating. It does give manager some valuable insights which were missing in the previous books and is still fun to read and maybe it makes me long for not having read the previous books yet...
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Enjoyable and useful
This book is well written; easy to read and to understand. It includes a bunch of useful concepts in a smooth way, so you assimilate the almost without effort.
Since it is written like a novel, rather than a textbook, I found myself reading it eagerly and I finished it in very few days. On the other hand, it is not suitable as a reference book.
In conclusion, if you want to introduce in project managing from a practical point of view just buy it, it really pays off
Critical chain in the series.
You're a project manager? This book is good.
You're not a project manager? You can learn from this, as being a single mom is being a project manager as well. It doesn't have the magic though if you can't transform knowledge to wisdom and that's where this book comes up short.
Although TOC is taken one step further, this book is on the edge of the four star rating. It does give manager some valuable insights which were missing in the previous books and is still fun to read and maybe it makes me long for not having read the previous books yet...
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Enjoyable and useful
This book is well written; easy to read and to understand. It includes a bunch of useful concepts in a smooth way, so you assimilate the almost without effort.
Since it is written like a novel, rather than a textbook, I found myself reading it eagerly and I finished it in very few days. On the other hand, it is not suitable as a reference book.
In conclusion, if you want to introduce in project managing from a practical point of view just buy it, it really pays off
Critical chain in the series.
You're a project manager? This book is good.
You're not a project manager? You can learn from this, as being a single mom is being a project manager as well. It doesn't have the magic though if you can't transform knowledge to wisdom and that's where this book comes up short.
Although TOC is taken one step further, this book is on the edge of the four star rating. It does give manager some valuable insights which were missing in the previous books and is still fun to read and maybe it makes me long for not having read the previous books yet...
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Enjoyable and useful
This book is well written; easy to read and to understand. It includes a bunch of useful concepts in a smooth way, so you assimilate the almost without effort.
Since it is written like a novel, rather than a textbook, I found myself reading it eagerly and I finished it in very few days. On the other hand, it is not suitable as a reference book.
In conclusion, if you want to introduce in project managing from a practical point of view just buy it, it really pays off
Critical chain in the series.
You're a project manager? This book is good.
You're not a project manager? You can learn from this, as being a single mom is being a project manager as well. It doesn't have the magic though if you can't transform knowledge to wisdom and that's where this book comes up short.
Although TOC is taken one step further, this book is on the edge of the four star rating. It does give manager some valuable insights which were missing in the previous books and is still fun to read and maybe it makes me long for not having read the previous books yet...
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Enjoyable and useful
This book is well written; easy to read and to understand. It includes a bunch of useful concepts in a smooth way, so you assimilate the almost without effort.
Since it is written like a novel, rather than a textbook, I found myself reading it eagerly and I finished it in very few days. On the other hand, it is not suitable as a reference book.
In conclusion, if you want to introduce in project managing from a practical point of view just buy it, it really pays off
Critical chain in the series.
You're a project manager? This book is good.
You're not a project manager? You can learn from this, as being a single mom is being a project manager as well. It doesn't have the magic though if you can't transform knowledge to wisdom and that's where this book comes up short.
Although TOC is taken one step further, this book is on the edge of the four star rating. It does give manager some valuable insights which were missing in the previous books and is still fun to read and maybe it makes me long for not having read the previous books yet...
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Enjoyable and useful
This book is well written; easy to read and to understand. It includes a bunch of useful concepts in a smooth way, so you assimilate the almost without effort.
Since it is written like a novel, rather than a textbook, I found myself reading it eagerly and I finished it in very few days. On the other hand, it is not suitable as a reference book.
In conclusion, if you want to introduce in project managing from a practical point of view just buy it, it really pays off
Starting Point for TOC Applied to Projects
This book is about applying TOC to project management. After reading this book I understood why TOC for project management is not as straight forward as it might first appear. Not only are projects not repeatable like production assembly lines buts in a multi-project environment you need to take shared resources into account. This is even more difficult when the managers for each project are different people. Lessons learned:
- Estimates should be "In X days with 50% chance of completion"
- Cut estimates in 2 or 3 if suspect that tasks have padding
- All the padding should go for the project but less than sum of padding
- Add time buffers (at no cost) when paths merge with critical path
- If a resource is shared between projects then it may be a bottleneck
- Resource bottlenecks should be treated as such: identify, exploit, subordinate, elevate...
- No due dates so as not to encourage the "student syndrome"
Of all the business novels by Eli Goldratt, I think that this is the one that I have learned the most from. As with all his novels, it's easy and fun to read with the added benefit that you will have learnt to better manage your projects. A must.
Critical chain in the series.
You're a project manager? This book is good.
You're not a project manager? You can learn from this, as being a single mom is being a project manager as well. It doesn't have the magic though if you can't transform knowledge to wisdom and that's where this book comes up short.
Although TOC is taken one step further, this book is on the edge of the four star rating. It does give manager some valuable insights which were missing in the previous books and is still fun to read and maybe it makes me long for not having read the previous books yet...
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Starting Point for TOC Applied to Projects
This book is about applying TOC to project management. After reading this book I understood why TOC for project management is not as straight forward as it might first appear. Not only are projects not repeatable like production assembly lines buts in a multi-project environment you need to take shared resources into account. This is even more difficult when the managers for each project are different people. Lessons learned:
- Estimates should be "In X days with 50% chance of completion"
- Cut estimates in 2 or 3 if suspect that tasks have padding
- All the padding should go for the project but less than sum of padding
- Add time buffers (at no cost) when paths merge with critical path
- If a resource is shared between projects then it may be a bottleneck
- Resource bottlenecks should be treated as such: identify, exploit, subordinate, elevate...
- No due dates so as not to encourage the "student syndrome"
Of all the business novels by Eli Goldratt, I think that this is the one that I have learned the most from. As with all his novels, it's easy and fun to read with the added benefit that you will have learnt to better manage your projects. A must.
Critical chain in the series.
You're a project manager? This book is good.
You're not a project manager? You can learn from this, as being a single mom is being a project manager as well. It doesn't have the magic though if you can't transform knowledge to wisdom and that's where this book comes up short.
Although TOC is taken one step further, this book is on the edge of the four star rating. It does give manager some valuable insights which were missing in the previous books and is still fun to read and maybe it makes me long for not having read the previous books yet...
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Starting Point for TOC Applied to Projects
This book is about applying TOC to project management. After reading this book I understood why TOC for project management is not as straight forward as it might first appear. Not only are projects not repeatable like production assembly lines buts in a multi-project environment you need to take shared resources into account. This is even more difficult when the managers for each project are different people. Lessons learned:
- Estimates should be "In X days with 50% chance of completion"
- Cut estimates in 2 or 3 if suspect that tasks have padding
- All the padding should go for the project but less than sum of padding
- Add time buffers (at no cost) when paths merge with critical path
- If a resource is shared between projects then it may be a bottleneck
- Resource bottlenecks should be treated as such: identify, exploit, subordinate, elevate...
- No due dates so as not to encourage the "student syndrome"
Of all the business novels by Eli Goldratt, I think that this is the one that I have learned the most from. As with all his novels, it's easy and fun to read with the added benefit that you will have learnt to better manage your projects. A must.
Critical chain in the series.
You're a project manager? This book is good.
You're not a project manager? You can learn from this, as being a single mom is being a project manager as well. It doesn't have the magic though if you can't transform knowledge to wisdom and that's where this book comes up short.
Although TOC is taken one step further, this book is on the edge of the four star rating. It does give manager some valuable insights which were missing in the previous books and is still fun to read and maybe it makes me long for not having read the previous books yet...
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Starting Point for TOC Applied to Projects
This book is about applying TOC to project management. After reading this book I understood why TOC for project management is not as straight forward as it might first appear. Not only are projects not repeatable like production assembly lines buts in a multi-project environment you need to take shared resources into account. This is even more difficult when the managers for each project are different people. Lessons learned:
- Estimates should be "In X days with 50% chance of completion"
- Cut estimates in 2 or 3 if suspect that tasks have padding
- All the padding should go for the project but less than sum of padding
- Add time buffers (at no cost) when paths merge with critical path
- If a resource is shared between projects then it may be a bottleneck
- Resource bottlenecks should be treated as such: identify, exploit, subordinate, elevate...
- No due dates so as not to encourage the "student syndrome"
Of all the business novels by Eli Goldratt, I think that this is the one that I have learned the most from. As with all his novels, it's easy and fun to read with the added benefit that you will have learnt to better manage your projects. A must.
Critical chain in the series.
You're a project manager? This book is good.
You're not a project manager? You can learn from this, as being a single mom is being a project manager as well. It doesn't have the magic though if you can't transform knowledge to wisdom and that's where this book comes up short.
Although TOC is taken one step further, this book is on the edge of the four star rating. It does give manager some valuable insights which were missing in the previous books and is still fun to read and maybe it makes me long for not having read the previous books yet...
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Starting Point for TOC Applied to Projects
This book is about applying TOC to project management. After reading this book I understood why TOC for project management is not as straight forward as it might first appear. Not only are projects not repeatable like production assembly lines buts in a multi-project environment you need to take shared resources into account. This is even more difficult when the managers for each project are different people. Lessons learned:
- Estimates should be "In X days with 50% chance of completion"
- Cut estimates in 2 or 3 if suspect that tasks have padding
- All the padding should go for the project but less than sum of padding
- Add time buffers (at no cost) when paths merge with critical path
- If a resource is shared between projects then it may be a bottleneck
- Resource bottlenecks should be treated as such: identify, exploit, subordinate, elevate...
- No due dates so as not to encourage the "student syndrome"
Of all the business novels by Eli Goldratt, I think that this is the one that I have learned the most from. As with all his novels, it's easy and fun to read with the added benefit that you will have learnt to better manage your projects. A must.
Critical chain in the series.
You're a project manager? This book is good.
You're not a project manager? You can learn from this, as being a single mom is being a project manager as well. It doesn't have the magic though if you can't transform knowledge to wisdom and that's where this book comes up short.
Although TOC is taken one step further, this book is on the edge of the four star rating. It does give manager some valuable insights which were missing in the previous books and is still fun to read and maybe it makes me long for not having read the previous books yet...
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Starting Point for TOC Applied to Projects
This book is about applying TOC to project management. After reading this book I understood why TOC for project management is not as straight forward as it might first appear. Not only are projects not repeatable like production assembly lines buts in a multi-project environment you need to take shared resources into account. This is even more difficult when the managers for each project are different people. Lessons learned:
- Estimates should be "In X days with 50% chance of completion"
- Cut estimates in 2 or 3 if suspect that tasks have padding
- All the padding should go for the project but less than sum of padding
- Add time buffers (at no cost) when paths merge with critical path
- If a resource is shared between projects then it may be a bottleneck
- Resource bottlenecks should be treated as such: identify, exploit, subordinate, elevate...
- No due dates so as not to encourage the "student syndrome"
Of all the business novels by Eli Goldratt, I think that this is the one that I have learned the most from. As with all his novels, it's easy and fun to read with the added benefit that you will have learnt to better manage your projects. A must.
Critical chain in the series.
You're a project manager? This book is good.
You're not a project manager? You can learn from this, as being a single mom is being a project manager as well. It doesn't have the magic though if you can't transform knowledge to wisdom and that's where this book comes up short.
Although TOC is taken one step further, this book is on the edge of the four star rating. It does give manager some valuable insights which were missing in the previous books and is still fun to read and maybe it makes me long for not having read the previous books yet...
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Starting Point for TOC Applied to Projects
This book is about applying TOC to project management. After reading this book I understood why TOC for project management is not as straight forward as it might first appear. Not only are projects not repeatable like production assembly lines buts in a multi-project environment you need to take shared resources into account. This is even more difficult when the managers for each project are different people. Lessons learned:
- Estimates should be "In X days with 50% chance of completion"
- Cut estimates in 2 or 3 if suspect that tasks have padding
- All the padding should go for the project but less than sum of padding
- Add time buffers (at no cost) when paths merge with critical path
- If a resource is shared between projects then it may be a bottleneck
- Resource bottlenecks should be treated as such: identify, exploit, subordinate, elevate...
- No due dates so as not to encourage the "student syndrome"
Of all the business novels by Eli Goldratt, I think that this is the one that I have learned the most from. As with all his novels, it's easy and fun to read with the added benefit that you will have learnt to better manage your projects. A must.
Critical chain in the series.
You're a project manager? This book is good.
You're not a project manager? You can learn from this, as being a single mom is being a project manager as well. It doesn't have the magic though if you can't transform knowledge to wisdom and that's where this book comes up short.
Although TOC is taken one step further, this book is on the edge of the four star rating. It does give manager some valuable insights which were missing in the previous books and is still fun to read and maybe it makes me long for not having read the previous books yet...
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Starting Point for TOC Applied to Projects
This book is about applying TOC to project management. After reading this book I understood why TOC for project management is not as straight forward as it might first appear. Not only are projects not repeatable like production assembly lines buts in a multi-project environment you need to take shared resources into account. This is even more difficult when the managers for each project are different people. Lessons learned:
- Estimates should be "In X days with 50% chance of completion"
- Cut estimates in 2 or 3 if suspect that tasks have padding
- All the padding should go for the project but less than sum of padding
- Add time buffers (at no cost) when paths merge with critical path
- If a resource is shared between projects then it may be a bottleneck
- Resource bottlenecks should be treated as such: identify, exploit, subordinate, elevate...
- No due dates so as not to encourage the "student syndrome"
Of all the business novels by Eli Goldratt, I think that this is the one that I have learned the most from. As with all his novels, it's easy and fun to read with the added benefit that you will have learnt to better manage your projects. A must.
Critical chain in the series.
You're a project manager? This book is good.
You're not a project manager? You can learn from this, as being a single mom is being a project manager as well. It doesn't have the magic though if you can't transform knowledge to wisdom and that's where this book comes up short.
Although TOC is taken one step further, this book is on the edge of the four star rating. It does give manager some valuable insights which were missing in the previous books and is still fun to read and maybe it makes me long for not having read the previous books yet...
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Starting Point for TOC Applied to Projects
This book is about applying TOC to project management. After reading this book I understood why TOC for project management is not as straight forward as it might first appear. Not only are projects not repeatable like production assembly lines buts in a multi-project environment you need to take shared resources into account. This is even more difficult when the managers for each project are different people. Lessons learned:
- Estimates should be "In X days with 50% chance of completion"
- Cut estimates in 2 or 3 if suspect that tasks have padding
- All the padding should go for the project but less than sum of padding
- Add time buffers (at no cost) when paths merge with critical path
- If a resource is shared between projects then it may be a bottleneck
- Resource bottlenecks should be treated as such: identify, exploit, subordinate, elevate...
- No due dates so as not to encourage the "student syndrome"
Of all the business novels by Eli Goldratt, I think that this is the one that I have learned the most from. As with all his novels, it's easy and fun to read with the added benefit that you will have learnt to better manage your projects. A must.
Critical chain in the series.
You're a project manager? This book is good.
You're not a project manager? You can learn from this, as being a single mom is being a project manager as well. It doesn't have the magic though if you can't transform knowledge to wisdom and that's where this book comes up short.
Although TOC is taken one step further, this book is on the edge of the four star rating. It does give manager some valuable insights which were missing in the previous books and is still fun to read and maybe it makes me long for not having read the previous books yet...
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Starting Point for TOC Applied to Projects
This book is about applying TOC to project management. After reading this book I understood why TOC for project management is not as straight forward as it might first appear. Not only are projects not repeatable like production assembly lines buts in a multi-project environment you need to take shared resources into account. This is even more difficult when the managers for each project are different people. Lessons learned:
- Estimates should be "In X days with 50% chance of completion"
- Cut estimates in 2 or 3 if suspect that tasks have padding
- All the padding should go for the project but less than sum of padding
- Add time buffers (at no cost) when paths merge with critical path
- If a resource is shared between projects then it may be a bottleneck
- Resource bottlenecks should be treated as such: identify, exploit, subordinate, elevate...
- No due dates so as not to encourage the "student syndrome"
Of all the business novels by Eli Goldratt, I think that this is the one that I have learned the most from. As with all his novels, it's easy and fun to read with the added benefit that you will have learnt to better manage your projects. A must.
Critical chain in the series.
You're a project manager? This book is good.
You're not a project manager? You can learn from this, as being a single mom is being a project manager as well. It doesn't have the magic though if you can't transform knowledge to wisdom and that's where this book comes up short.
Although TOC is taken one step further, this book is on the edge of the four star rating. It does give manager some valuable insights which were missing in the previous books and is still fun to read and maybe it makes me long for not having read the previous books yet...
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
Starting Point for TOC Applied to Projects
This book is about applying TOC to project management. After reading this book I understood why TOC for project management is not as straight forward as it might first appear. Not only are projects not repeatable like production assembly lines buts in a multi-project environment you need to take shared resources into account. This is even more difficult when the managers for each project are different people. Lessons learned:
- Estimates should be "In X days with 50% chance of completion"
- Cut estimates in 2 or 3 if suspect that tasks have padding
- All the padding should go for the project but less than sum of padding
- Add time buffers (at no cost) when paths merge with critical path
- If a resource is shared between projects then it may be a bottleneck
- Resource bottlenecks should be treated as such: identify, exploit, subordinate, elevate...
- No due dates so as not to encourage the "student syndrome"
Of all the business novels by Eli Goldratt, I think that this is the one that I have learned the most from. As with all his novels, it's easy and fun to read with the added benefit that you will have learnt to better manage your projects. A must.
Critical chain in the series.
You're a project manager? This book is good.
You're not a project manager? You can learn from this, as being a single mom is being a project manager as well. It doesn't have the magic though if you can't transform knowledge to wisdom and that's where this book comes up short.
Although TOC is taken one step further, this book is on the edge of the four star rating. It does give manager some valuable insights which were missing in the previous books and is still fun to read and maybe it makes me long for not having read the previous books yet...
Just as good if not better than "The Goal"
Like "The Goal," by the same author this book is excellent. If you don't think that you can learn about business from a novel, then you are wrong. I have probably learned more from this novel than most of the business books that I have read. This book will transform your business practices.
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