Use of the critical chain project management technique at NASA, Langley Research Center

Although the term critical chain project management is relatively new, it is an evolutionary project management technique and not a revolutionary one. A CCPM schedule continues to rely upon the establishment of a PERT network, the assignment of duration and resources - people, equipment or funds - to each task in that network, as well as the creation of project calendars and a resource calendar for each assigned resource. What is different is the way CCPM-compliant scheduling software uses the principles of TOC to identify and resolve resource contentions prior to calculating task dates, and the way it mitigates schedule. The implementation of the CCPM technique across LaRC´s wind tunnel test cycle has made such improvements to project schedule performance and team morale that other organizational units on the Center are now asking for training in the use of the CCPM technique