Theory Of Constraints

In 1984 Eliyahu Goldratt wrote the excellent book "The Goal". His vision on the logistical processes and production were widely noticed but at the same time his ideas were extremely logical and even obvious. The vision of Goldratt, named the Theory Of Constraints, focuses strongly on reaching the end result through following an integral process and banning and preventing local optima.

The vision of Goldratt has very much the same way of thinking as Prince2.

More information on the book "The Goal" is available through the following link.

Critical Chain

The prerequisites of Goldratt could also be translated to the world of project management. In his book "Critical Chain" Goldratt describes how to increasing effectiveness of the project through a result-driven planning bases on processes. As a logical next step to the Prince2 technique Product Based Planning and in combination with the Prince2 processes, the project manager gets a powerful and convincing way of thinking and acting. In real life this way of thinking proved it possible to increase the effectiveness of projects.

More information on the book "Critical Chain" is available through the following link.