Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Fifth Edition

Critiques of Ccpm

Critical Chain Project Management is not without its critics. Several arguments against the process include the following charges and perceived weaknesses in the methodology:

1. Lack of project milestones makes coordinated scheduling, particularly with external suppliers, highly problematic. Critics contend that the lack of in-process project milestones adversely affects the ability to coordinate schedule dates with suppliers that provide the external delivery of critical components.31

2. The “newness” of CCPM is a point refuted by some who see the technique as either ill-suited to many types of projects or simply a reconceptualization of well-understood scheduling methodologies (such as PERT), provided special care has been taken ...