TABLE OF CONTENTS Many companies that have never introduced change into an organization successfully implement CCPM in a short time. These successful companies require less than three months to get all projects planned and synchronized and to begin seeing the benefits of improved project performance and reduced stress on project teams. Success stories include all types of projects and organizations of a wide range of sizes.
People have reported significant success implementing CCPM for single projects after reading an earlier version of this book or having attended a two-day introductory training class. Unfortunately, some organizations claim to have attempted critical chain and, for one stated reason or another, given it up. That has happened on both single projects and in multiproject organizations. Other organizations (generally larger ones) can take a year or longer to get all of the projects planned as CCPM projects. The following presents a process proven to work in both single- and multiproject organizations, and then presents the theory underlying the approach.
Figure 9.1 illustrates the basic project model to implement CCPM. Implementation is a project. Implementation plans vary in content and scope due to the specific organization. The rest of this section presents an example implementation plan. All implementations should include all of the steps outlined here, but you should adjust the plan s depth and breadth to the unique needs of your organization. Following the example plan, Section 9.2 describes some of the theory underlying it.
