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LIST!
Plenty of seats left for the conference April
4-5, but this post-conference workshop is now full. To have your name
placed on the waiting list, call us at 1-800-338-2223 or
register online. Seats which become available will be assigned on a
first-come, first-served basis.
POST-CONFERENCE 2-DAY WORKSHOP
April 6-7, 2000 |
Implementing the TOC Multi-Project Method
led by Tony
Rizzo, Lucent Technologies
(Note: Attendance is strictly limited to 25 participants on a
first-come,
first-served basis. Early registration is advised.) |
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During the first day of this two-day workshop you will experience
not only the problems that plague most product development
organizations, but also the powerful multi-project management
solution made possible by the Theory of Constraints. This highly
effective management system will enable you to reduce cycle time,
increase the number of projects that are delivered on time, and
decrease the number of projects that are shelved or canceled.
The first day of training will conclude with a presentation and
discussion of the Critical Chain Method (a one-project model) and
the TOC Multi-Project Management Method. During the second day of
this workshop you will participate in the simulated operation of a
multi-project organization, using a unique multi-project simulator
designed by the instructor. This simulator is a visually intensive,
physical simulator, with which you and other participants not only
test and learn the TOC solution fully but also develop and test your
own, effective implementation strategy.
If you want to
propel your product development organization to unimagined speed,
astounding productivity, and extreme profitability, then you must
know how to use this powerful management system. More importantly,
you must know what it takes to implement it successfully. This
workshop provides you with this knowledge and more. |
Workshop Agenda |
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Thursday, April 6
8:00am-12:00pm
- Intro to TOC.
- Maneuver
Warfare and the effective "Boyd Cycle"
in product development.
- Our
counterproductive measurements and policies.
- The first bead
experiment, with multitasking.
12:00-1:00pm
Lunch
1:00-4:30pm
- The second bead experiment, without
multitasking.
Comparison of
results; implications for performance.
The Critical
Chain Method, a one-project model.
The TOC
Multi-Project Management Method.
The
"Boom-Kerchink" system.
Who’s begun using TOC.
4:30-5:30pm
Social Hour |
Friday, April 7
8:00am–2:30pm
- Reason for the
simulation,
Understanding the simulation process.
- Assignment of
roles.
- Getting
started.
- Simulation of
current practices.
- Criteria for
the first TOC project.
- Effective TOC
scheduling.
- Transition
policies and work practices.
- Simulation of
transition period.
- Simulation of
TOC operations.
- Impact of
unplanned field problems
on a TOC system.
- The buffers as
operational measurements,
and buffer management.
- Q&A
12:30-1:30pm Lunch |
About the Instructors |
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Tony Rizzo
- Tony joined Bell Labs in 1983, as a Mechanical Engineer. In 1994,
Tony was introduced to the work of Dr. E. M. Goldratt and the Theory
of Constraints (TOC). Tony has studied Dr. Goldratt’s work
extensively for a number of years; he has spent much effort adapting
Dr. Goldratt’s work to product development organizations. To date,
Tony is responsible for bringing the TOC Multi-Project Management
Method to a number of businesses within Lucent Technologies, in
addition to training and consulting to other firms.
Mike Dinham - The first 16 years of Mike's
career were spent with several leading blue chip British companies
in the Steel and Engineering sectors. His experience as a consultant
started in 1988 when he joined the consultancy unit of a semi
government organisation specialising in TQM, SPC, and Manufacturing
Systems. It was during this time that he first became involved in Dr
Goldratt's Theory of Constraints whilst attending the forerunner of
the Jonah Programme, The Strategic Business Analysis Course. In 1992
Mike became a full time Certified Associate of the Avraham Y.
Goldratt Institute in the UK and teaches the Institutes full range
of TOC programmes including The Jonah Programme, External
Constraints Course, Production Application, Distribution Application
and The Project Management Application. He is currently working with
several leading European and American companies in implementing the
TOC Multi Project Management Method. |
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