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Every day corporations waste huge amounts of money through ineffective and unreliable management practices. In this book, Rob Newbold has lifted the veil on ProChain Project Management, the project management approach that has been implemented in some of the best-known companies in the world. Through clear, concise descriptions of needed tools and measurements, along with real-world examples, you will see how your company can dramatically improve the management of projects and resources. You will discover how you can elevate reliability, speed, and productivity in order to keep the money for the bottom line. You will learn about critical chain project scheduling, change management, and the other tools and processes needed to drive excellence.
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Format:Hardcover
Rob Newbold's latest book explains all. It includes the necessary changes required in human behaviour combined with the methodology of Critical Chain and the ProChain Project Management implementation process.
All the ingredients are explained. What you need to add, to deliver the incremental results, is leadership and commitment. The billion dollar solution is truly within your grasp.
All the ingredients are explained. What you need to add, to deliver the incremental results, is leadership and commitment. The billion dollar solution is truly within your grasp.
Format:Hardcover
His first book, Project Management in the Fast Lane, is the best guide to understanding Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM).
While it is acknowledged that Critical Chain yields immense benefits for managing projects, in reality successful implementation also involves behaviour change and needs an understanding of how to achieve the change.
This subject is covered in the new book by giving an insight into ProChain's Project Management Methodology (PPM) that has been developed based on real experience over a number of years to provide an effective implementation process for the CCPM methodology.
If you really want to know how to achieve an effective, lasting implementation then read this new book.
While it is acknowledged that Critical Chain yields immense benefits for managing projects, in reality successful implementation also involves behaviour change and needs an understanding of how to achieve the change.
This subject is covered in the new book by giving an insight into ProChain's Project Management Methodology (PPM) that has been developed based on real experience over a number of years to provide an effective implementation process for the CCPM methodology.
If you really want to know how to achieve an effective, lasting implementation then read this new book.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Putting Critical Chain into Practice
11 Mar 2009
Format:Hardcover
Rob Newbold's latest book explains all. It includes the necessary changes required in human behaviour combined with the methodology of Critical Chain and the ProChain Project Management implementation process.
All the ingredients are explained. What you need to add, to deliver the incremental results, is leadership and commitment. The billion dollar solution is truly within your grasp.
All the ingredients are explained. What you need to add, to deliver the incremental results, is leadership and commitment. The billion dollar solution is truly within your grasp.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Solid Introduction to CCPM
11 Jan 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Billion Dollar Solution is a very good introduction to critical chain project management. Newbold clearly knows his stuff, and his description of the benefits and principles of CCPM are very clear. It goes far more in depth into critical chain concepts than Critical Chain and other briefer introductions. The more advanced reader will also want to look at Critical Chain Project Management, Second Edition
Throughout the book the principles are discussed in a composite case study, a fictional company called Imventure. In Part One Newbold discusses principles like Ownership, Leverage Priorities, Status Updates, Planning and Uncertainty. The second part of the book gets into tools, behaviors and processes: critical chain scheduling, buffers, building networks, and an intro to multi-project scheduling. Part Three is on Achieving the Vision. There were some useful tips there, but the author really only considers his own approach at this point.
One downside of the book is the ongoing sense of hype or spin that this approach is revolutionary and wonderful. This should not be a surprise for a book whose title contains the words "Billion dollars" and "Secrets". Also, the title and phrases used in the book strongly emphasize "Prochain" project management (even calling it PPM) but there is surprisingly little talk about the use of Prochain itself. In reality, it's a book on critical chain project management with some minor discussion of how Prochain itself is actually used. Another annoyance was that things at which Prochain and other current approaches to CCPM are weak were dismissed as unimportant or counterproductive (e.g. optimization, rescheduling). Nevertheless the book sets out what it hopes to accomplish, and does so at a price far less than other similar textbooks. It's definitely worth reading if you are (or looking to become) a practitioner of CCPM.
Throughout the book the principles are discussed in a composite case study, a fictional company called Imventure. In Part One Newbold discusses principles like Ownership, Leverage Priorities, Status Updates, Planning and Uncertainty. The second part of the book gets into tools, behaviors and processes: critical chain scheduling, buffers, building networks, and an intro to multi-project scheduling. Part Three is on Achieving the Vision. There were some useful tips there, but the author really only considers his own approach at this point.
One downside of the book is the ongoing sense of hype or spin that this approach is revolutionary and wonderful. This should not be a surprise for a book whose title contains the words "Billion dollars" and "Secrets". Also, the title and phrases used in the book strongly emphasize "Prochain" project management (even calling it PPM) but there is surprisingly little talk about the use of Prochain itself. In reality, it's a book on critical chain project management with some minor discussion of how Prochain itself is actually used. Another annoyance was that things at which Prochain and other current approaches to CCPM are weak were dismissed as unimportant or counterproductive (e.g. optimization, rescheduling). Nevertheless the book sets out what it hopes to accomplish, and does so at a price far less than other similar textbooks. It's definitely worth reading if you are (or looking to become) a practitioner of CCPM.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A fine and highly recommended piece for business leaders everywhere
7 May 2009
Format:Hardcover
Improving a company's productivity is easier than one would believe. "The Billion Dollar Solution: Secrets of ProChain Project Management" is a business guide looking to inspire leaders to adopt the method of ProChain management, and use it to transform one's business into a more economical company that knows where its money goes and what it does. With advice on implementing the system, and how it may be the best way to deal with a business that plays on a global scale, "The Billion Dollar Solution" is a fine and highly recommended piece for business leaders everywhere.
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