The Project Solution

The Project Solution reduces project duration and resource utilisation dramatically while improving project completion predictability and quality.  It enables the same number of people to deliver more projects, more profitably in the same time.  Our solution is an adaptation of Eli Goldratt's TOC Critical Chain solution.

Indicators

Projects take longer than planned, cost more than expected and deliver less than intended.

Ultimate Goal

Dramatic reduction in project duration, resourcing requirements and a dramatic increase in completion predictability and quality as well as satisfaction for all concerned.

Performance-Limiting Problem

The logistical challenge of managing shared resources, information, materials and equipment, in the face of the inescapable unpredictability of how long things are going to take and how the different elements impact on and interact with each other.

Conventional Solution

Buffer each step with more safety in the hope that it will reduce unpredictability.

Simple Breakthrough Solution

1. Reverse-plan everything from the end-result and delivery date backwards,
2. Ensuring that all the prerequisites (resources, information, materials, equipment and previous steps) are synchronised and ready for each critical path task and
3. Removing safety from the tasks and putting a portion of it on the project.