Powerful yet simple techniques to solve project management's toughest problems. This book teaches companies to drastically cut project development times resulting in early completion within budget and without compromising quality or specifications.
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"Anyone who doesn't snap up a copy is missing a wonderful opportunity for professional and personal development." -- Assembly
"Critical Chain will revolutionize project management." -- World Aero-Engine Review
"Critical Chain's powerful yet simple techniques...solve project management's toughest problems." -- James R. Holt, Professor of Engineering Management, Washington State University
"Eli Goldratt's first novel, The Goal, shook up the factory floor...Goldratt essentially adds a discipline for understanding what drives project performance and therefore what the focus of a project manager's attention should be." -- Harvard Business Review
"This book (Critical Chain) is valuable to two main audiences: project managers and senior managers... useful for dealing with one of the most difficult and pressing management challenges: developing highly innovative new products." -- Harvard Business Review
"Critical Chain will revolutionize project management." -- World Aero-Engine Review
"Critical Chain's powerful yet simple techniques...solve project management's toughest problems." -- James R. Holt, Professor of Engineering Management, Washington State University
"Eli Goldratt's first novel, The Goal, shook up the factory floor...Goldratt essentially adds a discipline for understanding what drives project performance and therefore what the focus of a project manager's attention should be." -- Harvard Business Review
"This book (Critical Chain) is valuable to two main audiences: project managers and senior managers... useful for dealing with one of the most difficult and pressing management challenges: developing highly innovative new products." -- Harvard Business Review
About the Author
One of the world's most sought after business leaders - author and educator, Dr. Eli Goldratt. Eli Goldratt has been described by Fortune Magazine as a "guru to industry" and by Business Week as a "genius". His charismatic, stimulating, yet sometimes unconventional style has captured the attention of audiences throughout the world. Eli is a true thinker who provokes others to think.
Eli Goldratt is the creator of the Theory of Constraints (TOC) and is the author of 8 books, including the business best sellers The Goal, It's Not Luck, and Critical Chain. Goldratt's Theory of Constraints is used by thousands of companies, and is taught in hundreds of colleges, universities, and business schools. His books have sold over 3 million copies and have been translated into 23 languages. Goldratt's fascinating work as an author, educator and business pioneer has resulted in the promulgation of TOC into many facets of society and has transformed management thinking throughout the world.
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This is my book review, as published in the Northeast Florida Chapter of the Project Managment Institute July 200 newsletter: "I just finished reading a great book! Critical Chain is written by Eli Goldratt, previously of the Avraham Goldratt Institute (AGI), who is now leading his own organization. One could refer to Eli Goldratt as the father of the Theory of Constraints (TOC). TOC is an overall philosophy usually applied to running and improving an organization and readily applied to managing projects. The TOC tools relate to problem solving (what to change from, what to change to, and how to make that change) and daily management (win-win conflict resolution, effective communication, team building skills, delegation, and empowerment). In a nutshell, critical chain (which is a part of TOC) is a project management concept where slack is not applied to each task, but is instead collected as a buffer at the end of a project. Progress is based on performance against the schedule, coupled with calculating what portion of the buffer has been used. I was intrigued with the critical chain approach, so I picked up this book and am glad I did. While many educational books are dry reading (let's face it), Critical Chain is both educational and entertaining. The author provides a fictional setting to present step-by-step instructions on how to use the method, along with useful examples. More importantly, he explains how each step of the process evolved and what problems it resolves. Critical Chain is the latest in a series of books which discuss these solutions in detail (the preceding books are The Goal, The Race, and It's Not Luck). It took me about five hours to read and was so good that I'm anxious to read the others!"
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I received The Goal as part of my MBA Operations Management course but held off reading until I graduated. I couldn't put The Goal down, nor could I put down Critical Chain. Critical Chain revisits the same ideas from The Goal and applies them to Project Management. I hoped for an aha... and got several minor ones. I do recommend this book. But don't let the book lull you into thinking everything is figured out. I haven't quite figured out where the precise misses are (relative to my world), but I know there are some gaps. Guess I'll have to think some... but don't we all!
Recommended reading approach: read once through and then revisit the chapters where our hero is in class and also the one where he is enjoying the TOC lecture (ie. on the second pass, ignore the fictional dialog regarding our hero's fight for tenure). Read SLOWLY at this point, and have a notepad handy to apply the ideas to your world. Think! I learned a heck of alot more the second time through.
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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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Wow, it works in the novel...
As with the Goal, the concepts that Goldratt uses to proselytize are a subtle mix of concepts that are on the border of being completely natural to the reader. Read more
Published on Feb 11 2004 by M. Tillman
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Goldratt is an Industrial Engineering Guru!
Goldratt has done many valuable things for the practice of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. Read more
Published on Feb 6 2004 by Mark McDonald
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Quite readable for an educational book
I got this book for my "excellent work". Initially I thought it was going to be boring, but it turned out it is reasonably well written and interesting. Read more
Published on July 21 2003 by Maarten Hofman
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You'll like how it makes you think!
The "business novel" writing style is a good way to learn new concepts and enjoy a good story at the same time. Read more
Published on May 30 2003 by bsrstone
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Should have quit while he was ahead
This book is as painful to read as The Goal is delightful. As the old saying goes, "If you've got a good thing, you might as well beat it into the ground. Read more
Published on Feb 25 2003 by Geoff P. Willis
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Critical Chain Review - Rochester, NY
This book was absolutely phenomenal. The storybook style of Goldratt made this a superbly easy read, much UNLIKE typical tech manuals. Read more
Published on Feb 23 2003 by Jackie Weaver
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Good idea, bad book
Surpisingly, few of the reviews here touch on the quality of the writing in Critical Chain. In The Goal, Goldratt had the help of Jeff Cox to write a book that was not only... Read more
Published on Feb 17 2003 by NauticallyObsessed
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Good but too wrapped up in fable
The points this book makes are great - once you wade through the "fable" part. The rambling discussions of the characters often makes it hard to focus on the concept being... Read more
Published on Jan 15 2003 by "southbaystuff"
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TOC applied to Uncertainty
In this book Goldratt is applying the TOC to PM. Here He is introducing a new approach to PM called Critical Chain, applying concepts such as scheduling at 50% of completion time,... Read more
Published on Dec 27 2002 by Victor
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Loved it, but wanted more...
I particularly liked the analysis of the steel operation, turning from losses to profits within a short period. Read more
Published on Dec 24 2002 by E. A Lyons
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