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Nozar NaghaniMember for 22 years 3 months
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Hello planners
There are signs that Project scheduling and control is moving faster towards TOC (Theory of constraints).

1- Has anybody heard from Microsoft, if there will be (in near future) any Critical Chain & TOC capability added to MS-Project?

2- As MS-Project users, how much do you agree with the trend mentioned above(TOC becoming more popular)?


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Nozar

PS: I sent the same message to P3e forum. Lets see what Primavera has for us!
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    Alexandre Faulx-Briole ·
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    Hi,
    Microsoft has shown no evidence so far to implement TOC.
    You could find on the Internet one or two MSP 2002/2003 add-ons which will help you on that way.
    Why not to turn your eyes to Project Scheduler 8 (www.sciforma.com) or Asta PowerProject 8 (www.Astadev.com)?
    Alexandre
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    Paul Harris ·
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    Nozar

    I have set up one client with Critical Chain scheduling in Microsoft Project. They were involved in an aircraft project.

    It is a bit of mucking around but it is basically achieved it by making all the feeder chain activities ALAP and putting in buffer tasks in the appropriate places.

    I think it has a lot going for it and I would like to see the functionality introduced into more software packages.

    Paul E Harris
    Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia
    Planning and Scheduling Book Publishers, Training & Consulting
    www.eh.com.au
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    Vladimir Liberzon ·
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    Making all the feeder chain activities ALAP increase risks, buffer activities duration and cost shall be reconsidered with all schedule updates. It is not easy to do manually.
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    Bernard Ertl ·
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    There are two vendors that I know of offering Critical Chain add-ins for MS Project. Check out the the listings under Critical Chain Software.

    Bernard Ertl
    eTaskMaker Project Planning Software

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    Kees Vermeulen ·
    #5

    Hello, Please have a look at

    Hello,

    Please have a look at Lynx. Lynx supports critical chain project management for multi-project environments.

    You can download a free version from www.a-dato.net!

    Regards Kees Vermeulen

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    Kees Vermeulen ·
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    Hello, Please have a look at

    Hello,

    Please have a look at Lynx. Lynx supports critical chain project management for multi-project environments.

    You can download a free version from www.a-dato.net!

    Regards Kees Vermeulen

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