advanced ccpm concepts for it program management

Advanced CCPM

Concepts for IT

Program Management

Yossi Bonomo

Consider a SDLC Waterfall environment

with multiple projects

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Which Logic should

be used to stagger

and prioritize these

projects and tasks?

1. Stagger projects based on the

constraint. Launch projects As Late As

Possible*.

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* Subordinating everything to the constraint. No Reason to begin project #2 sooner –that will only increase the WIP and may lead to multi-tasking and incorrect prioritization of tasks by developers and team leaders.

2. Use Shared Buffers, move safeties to

the end using CCPM methodology

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3. Use Buffer Consumption and Project

Completion to determine prioritization

between tasks.

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Project A – Project Completed 60%, Buffer Consumption 50%.

Project B – Project Completed 50%, Buffer Consumption 50%.

Therefore Test Resources will be working on Project B before Project A due

to higher priority based on the Buffer Index (Project Completion/Buffer

Consumption)

What is the Program

Manager role in an IT

multi-projects

environment?

1. Maintain low Work In Progress (WIP). Only Constraints need to be fully occupied.

2. Ensure quick issues resolution and tasks priorities discipline enforced by PMs.

3. Make sure projects and tasks have all resources and other dependencies ready before beginning

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