An alternative scheduling approach developed by Dr. Eli Goldratt
What is Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM)
100
The work must not exceed some predetermined level of resource use within the organization
What is Resource-constrained project
100
Includes setting a baseline plan which is predicated on an accurate Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) process
What is project goal setting
100
The project has achieved its goals and it is moving to its logical conclusion,
What is natural termination
100
Company image and high sunk costs
What is static factors that may play a role in an early termination decision
200
A chance error exists because of flaws in how the system was originally created
What is common cause variation
200
The amounts of individual resources that a schedule requires during specific time periods
What is Resource Loading
200
Graphic display of cumulative costs plotted against time
What is an S-curve
200
This approach concludes a project by institutionalizing it as a formal part of the parent organization.
What is termination by addition
200
Variation that causes the following activity to start later than anticipated
What is negative variation
300
Attributable to a special circumstance
What is special cause variation
300
Simplified rules of thumb, when making decisions among resource-leveling alternatives
What is leveling heuristics
300
Identifies the stage of completion for each task
What is a tracking Gantt Chart
300
This process occurs when the project is stopped due to its either successful or unsuccessful conclusion.
What is termination by extinction
300
The closeout step that requires all contractual documents be recorded and archived
What is putting it all to bed
400
The tendency to put off maximum effort until the last possible moment
What is student syndrome
400
Interrupting the continuous stream of work on an activity at some midpoint in its development process and applying that resource to another activity for some period before returning the resource to the original task
What is splitting activities
400
A 10-factor instrument that assesses the performance of the project team with respect to 10 critical success factors; that is, those factors that they have found to be predictive of project success
What is Project Implementation Profile
400
The project’s resources, including the project team, are reintegrated within the organization’s existing structure following the conclusion of the project.
What is termination by integration
400
States that if a number of probability distributions are summed, the variance of the sum equals the sum of the variances of the individual distributions.
What is the Central Limit Theorem
500
Early completion (type of variation)
What is positive variation
500
Rule that stipulates that the earliest late finishers are scheduled first
What is minimum lat finish time rule
500
This is the real budgeted cost, or “value,” of the work that has actually been performed to date.
What is earned value
500
A willful form of neglect by slowly decreasing the project budget to the point where the project cannot possibly remain viable
What is termination by starvation
500
The process that addresses the complex challenges of project constraints.