#107 Lewis Trigger – Project Management and the Critical Chain, Part 1

Summary Keywordsproject management, project, constraint, talking, world, companies, routine, work, murphy, people, areas, terms, developing, TOC, BHP, buffer, number, deal, Israel.IntroductionWelcome to episode 107 of the Enterprise Excellence Podcast. It is such a pleasure to have Mr Lewis Trigger back on the show with us today. Lewis was previously on in Episode 31 sharing knowledge on the topic of Constraint Innovation. Lewis Trigger is an expert in Enterprise Excellence, helping organisations all over the world in virtually every industry. Today we will be exploring another key area of Lewis’s expertise – Project Management and the Critical Chain.   QuotesAnd that Olympic Dam is an amazing, it's an amazing, it's sort of project actually, it's what we call a mega project, which is made up of a whole bunch of different projects.The credit really with the people, it's not with me, I help facilitate, I give them the tools, they come in or come up with a solution. But this case, I won't even give more credit because there are a number of change agents there who are already on the ball with where we're going.And there has to be a clear distinction here between two worlds, or two environments that were involved in terms of management. One environment is an environment where we've got an ongoing, when I say, ongoing operations, where we've got orders coming in, we're supplying those orders. I mean, that's got challenges in itself. But it's basically an ongoing operations, which is cause obviously being tweaked the whole time, as you're going in there. But the world of projects is a very different environment, the world of projects, is a world where we're talking about when you've got something which is non-routine.So how do people generally deal with uncertainty in projects, any, any experienced project manager will tell you, if he hasn't been trained in critical chain hasn't had the TOC training, they'll tell you Well, the way we deal with risk mitigation is we have to build safety buffers into the various tasks of the project. Now, that seems to make sense.How is it and this done so much research on it, the best companies, less than 30% of these projects come in, on the trip precious triangle of scope, in terms of what the what you're meant to be delivering schedule,LinksLewis’ Profile: linkedin.com/in/lewis-trigger-5ab2371Email:  [email protected]: http://lewistrigger.com/CI2/FREE!We are so lucky to have Lewis Trigger presenting live to the Enterprise Excellence Community in September 2022. If you are interested in attending please go to enterpriseexcellencecommunity.com/contact to reach out. Mention you heard about this event through the Podcast and we will get you a free pass. Please like, subscribe and share this podcast to help others gain insights and create a better future. Let’s get back to the episode.What Next?Check out Lewis Trigger's first podcast recording with us. https://www.enterpriseexcellenceacademy.com/podcast/episode/4aa64913/31-theory-of-constraint-innovation-and-optimising-outcomes-with-lewis-triggerTo learn more about what we do, visit https://enterpriseexcellencegroup.com.au/Thanks for your time, and thanks for helping to create a better future.