David WoodProject Manager | IT Technical Specialist | IBM i Advocate || retiredWerribee, Victoria, Australia
I'm reviewing a CAPM course upgrade to PMBOK 6th ediition. Critical Chain has been removed from the 6th edition without any explanation. Would someone please illuminate me? Thanks. Saving Changes...
Guilherme CalobaProduction Engineer| PETROBRASRio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
I am in line with Philip. Critical chain is a must have, and it should be addressed in some way in PMBoK, even if it is only en passant. Saving Changes...
Karthik RamamurthyAuthor, Say YES to Project Success| Founder KeyResultzChennai, Tamilnadu, Tamilnadu, India
Great point, David!
The Critical Chain can indeed be used as a very effective tool in compressing project schedules and therefore for increased success of project managers.
I've read Eliyahu Goldratt's Critical Chain, implemented several principles, and even presented on the experience in various countries.
As a PMP trainer, I was certainly surprised to see "Critical Chain" missing as a technique in the "Develop Schedule" process.
However, as Kiron rightly pointed out, the PMBOK editorial teams and experts have to balance between comprehensiveness of techniques and conciseness.
Would anyone read or use the PMBOK if it ran up to 2,000 pages and included every possible technique? Certainly not!
While it would have been a difficult decision, the team had to use their collective wisdom to do what's best within constraints! Saving Changes...
Is Critical Chain Project Management back in the PMBOK 8th Edition? I am awaiting my copy of the PMBOK to confirm what I have been told. Saving Changes...
