The programme starts with a two-day Project & Programme Management workshop, outlined below; this is followed by a day in-house, working with the key Project Team, or ‘Flight Crew’, who will lead the implementation. The workshop explores the dramatic improvement to the bottom-line that Critical Chain - the Theory of Constraints (TOC) approach to project management - can achieve. The workshop uses a number of practical exercises and presentations in order to determine the real issues that affect companies in their desire to achieve the goals of profitability and satisfying the market in terms of delivery performance, due date and budget adherence, with zero defect as a given.

Day 1: the single project environment

• Why do projects overrun?
• Why is the specification always under threat?
• Why are budgets never enough?
• The response from the perspective of TOC - Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM)
• The lessons from TOC guru Dr Eli Goldratt's books The Goal and Critical Chain
• The Five Focusing Steps

Interactive exercises are used to explore the nature of the problems facing project managers and resource managers, and the underlying causes are determined. The exercises are then run a second time using CCPM rules and comparisons are made between the two sets of results. The steps necessary to achieve the higher level of performance achieved by using CCPM will be covered at the end of day one.

A series of practical exercises will show the damaging effects of multi-tasking, and scheduling exercises will show how the basics of CCPM for multi-projects are achieved.

• The particular problems of multi-project environments
• The need for alignment of both purpose and execution throughout the organization
• Working through the necessary stages of change in order to implement CCPM for multi-project environments into your organization
• The use of CCPM software to support and manage the complexity of multi-project environments
• The need to train personnel so they are capable of creating and validating project networks
• The need to create and support focused teams
• Case studies from the UK and USA

This is a full day, spent on-site with the core Project Team, or 'Flight Crew', covering:

• Developing the Flight Crew and ensuring they have the necessary knowledge and understanding to lead the implementation
• The key steps in the implementation of the CCPM approach
• Developing the outline implementation plan
• Where to start tomorrow

Leading the Project & Programme Team: Venue & Dates

The workshop will be held at our Training Centre in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, UK and will be delivered by Theory of Constraints expert Ted Hutchin.

These dates show the two-day workshop that starts the programme but please note that the workshop can also be arranged a bespoke basis. The third day will be arranged in consultation with the Flight Crew.

• 20th & 21st August 2012

The fee is £900 plus VAT per person.

To book a place, please contact Diane Jeary on 01664 502860 or via email:

If you would like further information about the Leading the Project & Programme Team programme, please contact course leader Dr Ted Hutchin:

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