Allocating and Managing Constrained Resources

Critical Chain Approach

In Lesson 7 you learned about the critical path method of schedule management, which helps identify the minimum total time required to complete a project – that is, the critical path. This way of thinking about a project focuses on finding the right order for tasks within the schedule. By contrast, a related scheduling method, the critical chain method (CCM), focuses on the resources required to complete a project, adding "time buffers to account for limited resources". Critical chain management was first introduced by Eliyahu M. Goldratt in his 2002 book Critical Chain.