Let me start by asking you a question.. How many of you have told your team that the project duration is 90 days when the total days to complete the project duration signed off with customer was 100 days? Most of you have done this!! Having 10 days to be with you in order to handle any delay - is that correct? Giving incorrect information to your team - is that ethically wrong? NO, Actually unknowingly you've implemented Critical Chain Method by inducing something called "Project Buffer" Project Buffer: It is the buffer which you've kept with you in order to absorb any delay without compromising on the project end date (those 10 days) The yellow activities which you see depicts buffer. A critical chain uses buffers to absorb any delay on your project . To absorb overall delay in any path is Project Buffer (Buffer kept before the end of the project) Feeding Buffer: There would be times when you know that any task/activity g...
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