Critical chain: A new project management paradigm or old wine in new bottles?

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 45-58

  Lechler, Thomas G ^a   Ronen, Boaz ^b   Stohr, Edward A ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Buffer management; Critical chain; Critical path method; Theory of constraints

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; CRITICAL PATH ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MANAGERS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

BUFFER MANAGEMENT; CRITICAL CHAIN; CRITICAL PATH METHOD;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 32644453240     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.2005.11431672     Document Type: Article

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