| Acknowledgments | | ix | |
| Preface | | xi | |
| Introduction | | 1 | |
| Executive Overview: Searching for Billions |
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| PART 1 THE PPM PRINCIPLES |
| | 13 | |
| 1 Introduction to Imventure |
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| Imventure's Coping Mechanisms |
| | 26 | |
| 2 First Principle: Ownership |
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| 3 Second Principle: Leverage |
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| 4 Third Principle: Priorities |
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| 5 Fourth Principle: Status |
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| 6 Fifth Principle: Planning |
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| 7 Sixth Principle: Uncertainty |
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| 8 Imventure's Performance |
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| PART 2 TOOLS, BEHAVIORS, AND PROCESSES |
| | 93 | |
| 9 Basics of Critical Chain Scheduling |
| | 95 | |
| Single-Project Scheduling |
| | 95 | |
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| Project Buffer Indicators |
| | 109 | |
| Feeding Buffer Indicators |
| | 115 | |
| Critical Chain and the PPM Principles |
| | 117 | |
| 11 Network Building Overview |
| | 121 | |
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| Shorter-Term Measurements |
| | 135 | |
| What We Did (and Didn't) Do |
| | 138 | |
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| 13 Multi-Project Management |
| | 143 | |
| Resource Capacity Management |
| | 143 | |
| Multi-Project Scheduling (Theory) |
| | 148 | |
| Multi-Project Scheduling (Practice) |
| | 151 | |
| | 153 | |
| Multi-Project Communication |
| | 155 | |
| | 159 | |
| The Project Updating Process |
| | 159 | |
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| Relay Race and Work Rules |
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| 15 Change and the Cycle of Results |
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| Applying the Cycle of Results |
| | 182 | |
| 16 Institutionalizing PPM |
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| PART 3 ACHIEVING THE VISION |
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| 18 Planning and Organizing the Rollout |
| | 213 | |
| Basic Implementation Planning |
| | 214 | |
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| Assessment and Lessons Learned |
| | 226 | |
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| Appendix B Old Game/New Game |
| | 241 | |
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| Glossary | | 259 | |
| Notes | | 267 | |
| Index | | 283 | |