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Summary: Experience Project Manager agrees with the Author
Review: Review of "Critical Chain, Project Management By Lawrence P. Leach"Critical Chain by Lawrence P. Leach is a must read for anyone working on a project, managing a project or managing an organization that manages projects. Mr. Leach in the first three chapters provides a thoughtful well-researched description of the need for a better way to manage projects. He provides a well reasoned argument for the need to change the process contained in the Project Management Institute's (PMI), Project Management Book of KnowledgeTM (PMBOK). Mr. Leach does a masterful job of weaving Total Quality Management (TQM) and Theory of Constraints (TOC) into project management. Mr. Leach then builds on this "learned" development and provides a very complete and knowledgeable primer for the process of planning and managing a project. The process he describes is complete and easy to understand. If your organization is using project management tools and is still embracing Critical Path Method for scheduling and schedule control the information contained in this book should give you food for thought and the reason for swithching to Critical Chain.
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Summary: Experience Project Manager agrees with the Author
Review: Review of "Critical Chain, Project Management By Lawrence P. Leach" Critical Chain by Lawrence P. Leach is a must read for anyone working on a project, managing a project or managing an organization that manages projects. Mr. Leach in the first three chapters provides a thoughtful well-researched description of the need for a better way to manage projects. He provides a well reasoned argument for the need to change the process contained in the Project Management Institute's (PMI), Project Management Book of KnowledgeTM (PMBOK). Mr. Leach does a masterful job of weaving Total Quality Management (TQM) and Theory of Constraints (TOC) into project management. Mr. Leach then builds on this "learned" development and provides a very complete and knowledgeable primer for the process of planning and managing a project. The process he describes is complete and easy to understand. If your organization is using project management tools and is still embracing Critical Path Method for scheduling and schedule control the information contained in this book should give you food for thought and the reason for swithching to Critical Chain.
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Summary: Not out of print!
Review: The message that says Critical Chain Project Management is out of print is not exactly correct. It has now been published as a second edition! To find it, search by title or author, or see if you can copy this link: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1580539033/qid=1108234716/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl14/104-8886383-6831957?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
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