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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2005
John A. Ricketts, Clarendon Hills, IL (US);
John A. Ricketts, Clarendon Hills, IL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are a method, system and computer program for managing multiple projects. The method comprises the steps of defining a plurality of projects requiring resources, each of said projects having a project manager; and managing said resources with resource buffers and replenishment times. Said replenishment times are incorporated by said project manager, into resource view plans for said plurality of projects. The preferred embodiment of the invention employs a technique called Replenishment to manage resources when Critical Chain (CC) is used on diverse projects. This embodiment of the invention overcomes problems with the Strategic Resource approach by (1) not requiring identification of a common strategic resource, (2) providing heuristics to determine how much spare capacity to provide for each resource type, and (3) allowing projects to be started or completed on demand.