Theory of Constraints, Critical Chain Project Management, Lean : industry consulting & training - Marris Consulting
Starting from the premise that projects cross all departments of a company and therefore constitute a flow, Efrat demonstrates in this novel how the fact of reducing or even eliminating the obstacles to the flow allows projects to be completed more quickly.
The reader follows Marc Wilson, director of the Engineering department of the company I.T. Wilson Advanced Solutions, a company that is experiencing difficulties, particularly in meeting project delivery deadlines for its customers, and which has just lost a major customer.
In order to find a solution and avoid the sale of the company by his father, Marc Wilson enrolls in the "Rules of Flow" course of an MBA program for business executives. The course, taught by Professor Richard Silver, will allow him to discover simple rules of project management and learn how to put them into practice in order to save his company.
Without claiming to be exhaustive, Efrat offers 8 flow rules to improve project performance. Among these rules:
Avoid bad multitasking, control your Work in Progress
Triage to ensure you are working on the right priorities
Marris Consulting is an industry consulting and training company specialized in the Theory of Constraints (ToC) and Critical Chain Project Management. We focus on improving the performance of manufacturing and process industries by using Constraints Management combined with Lean and Six Sigma. To boost project performance, we also use Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM), which we sometimes combine with Lean Engineering. Our 2-day performance audits, our performance consulting services and our project management, Lean, ToC & CCPM training by our industry consultants offer a wide range of solutions to help our clients around the world reach the highest possible levels of performance.