Thousands of views on LinkedIn On 31st March this year, as it was the birthday of Dr. Goldratt who developed the Theory of Constraints, we posted a photo of him and a short message: Today is Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt’s birthday. We spent the morning surfacing assumptions that we can challenge in order to create a […]
The Prerequisite for Project Success: Critical Chain
Today’s post is by Dr. Giovanni Siepe. Every ground breaking solution that is part of the Theory of Constraints springs from challenging limiting assumptions of the situation at hand. It is exactly the same for the Critical Chain algorithm for project management. In the late 1990s, Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt brilliantly tackled a foundational limiting belief […]
The Critical Chain Method for Project Management: The Best Kept Secret
In his 1997 novel called ‘Critical Chain’, Dr. Goldratt tackled head on the thorny and complex issue of project management. It was soon adopted by organizations including Procter & Gamble, NASA, and Texas Instruments.
Navigating Our Beliefs to Make Good Decisions
Today’s blog post is by Dr. Giovanni Siepe Galileo’s Legacy: Modern Science “I believe in Humanity, which means to say I believe in human reason.” This powerful quote from Berthold Brecht’s play ‘Life of Galileo’ deserves some consideration. I agree with Galileo, of course, in his determination to believe in reason and his unshakable faith […]
Business, Emotion and the Human Constraint
It’s been a while since our last post. We’ve been concentrating our writing efforts elsewhere and we are very happy to announce that ‘The Human Constraint’ that started out as an online project, downloaded in 43 countries around the world, will be published this year by a major publishing house, Taylor & Francis (Routledge). Here, […]
Every End is a Beginning
As we come closer to the end of 2023, some may be tempted to think we are coming to the end of much more than a calendar year. The “unthinkable” in many areas of our lives, social, political and economic, has become increasingly our reality. Never as much as today has it become urgent to […]
A New Approach for Buffer Management to Control Your Constraint and Projects
The key elements of the Theory of Constraints were published in the 1980s in Dr. Goldratt’s novel “The Goal”. It became an international bestseller and remains a classic of management. Since then, the theory has been significantly expanded on. There also were numerous advancements made in identifying the appropriate managerial practices to help with the […]
Some Scientific Truths About Managing Projects You Won’t Learn from PMI
When it comes to managing projects, many people imagine things that are simply not true. For example, it is quite common to think that multitasking is more productive than working sequentially. The assumption behind this statement is that by carrying out more than one task at the same time, we can complete the project […]
A Buffer to Protect Your Organization and Your Projects
When managing an organization as a system, there are only a few factors that are important. One of these factors is the effective synchronization of the various activities in the organization. This is valid whether we are talking about production, projects, or any other process. In TOC (Theory of Constraints), successful synchronization happens when we […]
A New Book From Us – Who Needs It?
Our new book is finally available See: ‘From Silos to Network: A New Kind of Science for Management’ published by Springer This post was written by the Founder of Intelligent Management, Dr. Domenico Lepore Was this book really needed? Let me tell you: writing a book is complicated. It is emotionally burdensome, extremely time consuming and […]
