Advanced Critical Chain
Eight lessons that take the building blocks of TOC project management apart and put them back together, with the T20 simulation built in and links to every project game.
- 8 lessons, about 132 minutes in all
- Free, no sign-up. Your progress is saved in this browser
- Certificate of completion when you pass all eight quizzes
- 1 The economics of timeProjects differ by industry, by complexity and by how they share resources, yet they all fail in the same way. And a small cut in lead time is worth far more than it looks. 15 min
- 2 The T20 simulationTwo tiny projects, one shared resource, and a stopwatch. Feel what multitasking does to lead time, quality and capacity, then make it harder and watch it get worse. 20 min
- 3 Sequential priority and WIP controlStable priorities stop switching, but stuck tasks tempt people to open more work. Learn how to set the number of open projects, release new ones, and run the active and waiting buckets. 18 min
- 4 Full kit in depthWith fewer slots open, a stuck job costs more than ever. Prepare work while it waits in the queue, with a dedicated full-kit team, so that once it starts it never stops. 14 min
- 5 High-frequency managementTask deadlines quietly cause two conflicts: when to escalate, and whether to help others. Replace them with a fixed rhythm of short meetings at every level, and tasks finish without deadlines. 16 min
- 6 Planning without task deadlinesTask deadlines clash with sequential priority, and padded estimates are wasted by student syndrome. Plan with touch times, pool the safety into one buffer, and steer by the trend of the project’s ETA. 22 min
- 7 Congestion managementEven with WIP control, full kit and daily management, work can pile up at one department. Measure congestion in days, map it, set limits, and balance capacity before projects stall. 12 min
- 8 The bigger pictureWhy conventional project management keeps adding processes without better results, the core conflict underneath, and how the TOC solution grew from Critical Chain into a complete flow system. 15 min
- ✓Your certificateUnlocks when all eight quizzes are passed.
This course is built from my Critical Chain training modules. If you are new to TOC in projects, start with TOC in Project Management.