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38 of 43 found the following review helpful:
 Oops, I'm sorry I bought it Aug 27, 2006
By RBake
I was sorry I purchased "Projects in Less Time" and felt a little cheated. Maybe I read the title and description wrong. About 15 minutes after I received it I realized the title and summary of what the book "promised" to tell me didn't match the contents that much. Being the book is relatively inexpensive it was not worth the time and trouble to send it back. I see this book has gotten a lot of high ratings ("5") here at Amazon. That doesn't seem right to me because the book is about "Projects" yet lacks usefulness and content from a Project Management (PM) point of view. The final let-down in this book for me was that the main case study/example toward the end of the book was about a production constraint example--not a CCPM example. Here's where I'm coming from: I am both an experienced practicing project manager and a project management instructor. I recently "discovered" books on Theory of Constrains (TOC) and Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) over the last year. I have also purchased and learned several CCPM scheduling software packages. I am not saying "don't buy this book". If you are looking for a "brief" on Theory Of Constraints (TOC) using Goldratt's production examples and don't want to read Goldratt's books, which some folks don't like because they are long novels, then this book might be great for you. For someone looking to learn more about CCPM--it may not be for you. If you are like me, I would start with The Goal, the read some other Goldratt books. Then for more technical how-to in order to implement CCPM I'd look to Lawrence Leach's books. I spent an hour writing this to help prevent others from wasting their time and money if they got it wrong--like me. I hope my comments can be helpful to some, either way.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 A fast way to get the essence of Critical Chain Feb 27, 2006
By Joseph V. Walton
If you are in a hurry and want to understand the essence of Critical Chain this is the book to read. There aren't many wasted words but the important TOC concepts are covered and even expanded upon in this synopsis of Goldratt's Critical Chain. It would be well worth any project manager's time to read this short (125 pages) book.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Great overview and more of Critical Chain Jan 20, 2006
By Clarke
Mark Woeppel is a very experienced Theory of Constraints expert and widely respected in TOC circles. He's done a nice job here of explaining Goldratt's Critical Chain approach to managing projects.
Mark has written a chapter by chapter synopsis of Goldratt's Critical Chain book, along with his own commentary and a case study. My first thought was that this was a cunning plan to write a book very quickly, but even though I've already read Critical Chain a half-dozen times, or more, and I've used the approach in reality, I am happy to say that I've learnt lots from Mark's additional commentary.
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
A Note From The Author Jan 20, 2006
By Mark Woeppel
I used to have a description of the book here, but I see that it has been duplicated elsewhere.
I wrote this because I found there were very few resources available to give someone the essence of critical chain. Eli Goldratt's book, Critical Chain, while very readable, is difficult to extract the main ideas of this way of managing projects.
so - while it's not deep in terms of theory, it IS a short read on the main concepts of critical chain extracted from Eli's book. I have added my own experiences of implementing the concepts and what makes an implementation successful.
One other point that a reviewer made about the case study not being a CCPM project, he obviously didn't read the case. The case study presented was in a volume production construction environment - and we did use CCPM. That's why it's in the book!
If you want a airplane (or train) ride trip to understand what critical chain is all about, this the book for you. Enjoy!
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Great Improvement to Goldratt's Tale Jul 13, 2006
By Larry P. Leach
Mark does an excellent job relating the important parts of Goldratt's story to the actions needed to begin to reduce much of the chaos that attends projects in most organizations. Mark's writing is clear and concise, and illustrations are simple and effective. He sharpens the focus of Goldratt's work and translates the key ideas into usable information. Success with critical chain continues in many organizations large and small, and on many types and sizes of projects. A valuable addition to any project manager's library.
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