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itst's review against another edition
3.0
CCPM can un-deadlock value streams.
Personally I just don’t like the style too much.
Personally I just don’t like the style too much.
spinstah's review against another edition
3.0
I read this because I have been appointed project manager for a big information architecture project going on at Simmons this semester. This is a business novel - a new genere for me. The idea is that rather than reading a textbook about a business concept, you read a novel that imparts all of the same information.
Naturally, it is still very didactic - this one takes place at an Executive MBA program and follows a professor who is teaching a class and at the same time working out how to apply the Theory of Constraints to project management. It was very easy to read, and I did pick up some good points from it. But you can tell it's written by someone who is used to a more formal writing style - very, very few contractions in the dialog, and the plot is pretty thin. I know that goes without saying, but the English major in me can't not say it. ;)
Naturally, it is still very didactic - this one takes place at an Executive MBA program and follows a professor who is teaching a class and at the same time working out how to apply the Theory of Constraints to project management. It was very easy to read, and I did pick up some good points from it. But you can tell it's written by someone who is used to a more formal writing style - very, very few contractions in the dialog, and the plot is pretty thin. I know that goes without saying, but the English major in me can't not say it. ;)
jogin1's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
4.25
happyplacebooks's review against another edition
3.0
Critical Chain is a business novel that focuses on project management topics. I read this book as part of my independent project course for grad school. I've been learning a lot about project management through my new job and I do think that this book brings up a lot of valuable topics and tips for PM. There were parts of this book that I found really interesting and helpful. There were also parts that were way too "academic" for the subject matter. For example, to drive a point home, the author would use a classroom setting with a lot of excess back and forth conversation/questioning. Sometimes I felt like the professors were trying way too hard to take simple business ideas and convolute them with theory and math. Additionally, the editing for this book must have been nonexistent. I understand that this is a "business novel," however it is still a published piece of writing and should therefore be written with correct tenses and sentence structure. Overall, 3 out of 5 stars with the 3 stars being for the practicality of the subject matter, not the reading experience.
van_wolfing's review against another edition
2.0
Definitely not a book that can be consumed as an audiobook. Want to read it again but now as a physical copy.