Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Fifth Edition

11 Advanced Topics in Planning and Scheduling

Agile and Critical Chain

Chapter Objectives

After completing this chapter, you should be able to:

1. 11.1 Understand why Agile Project Management was developed and its advantages in planning for certain types of projects.

2. 11.2 Understand the key features of the Extreme Programming (XP) planning process for software projects.

3. 11.3 Understand the logic behind Theory of Constraints and its implications for Critical Chain scheduling.

4. 11.4 Distinguish between critical path and critical chain project scheduling techniques.

5. 11.5 Understand how critical chain methodology resolves project resource conflicts.

6. 11.6 Apply critical chain project management to project portfolios.

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