Created by            :               Ing.Jaromír Skorkovský, CSc. MU – ESF – Department of
Business Economics

Date                       :               12.10.2011

Due date                :               Have to be presented  and argued  before an audience (Your
colleagues) 23.11.2011

                                               The reason of chosen deadline is a necessity to hand
over related theories and time to

                                               write a  seminar work

Expected extent    :               Minimum 8 pages

Suggestion           :               30 % might be description of the used Theory which will be
used as a bridgehead for

                                               practical part  of the work

Theory                   :               will be handed over 12.10.2011, 2.11.2011  and  partly
9.11.2011



Name:


Operations Management: seminar work

(Utilization (application) of the Theory of Constraints (TOC) and Critical Chain (CC) as a Project
Management Methodology based on TOC principles.)



Questions which have to be answered in the seminar work:



1.)    How would you apply CC and TOC  tools (CRT=Current Reality Tree) for the planning of Your
own dissertation (writing the dissertation is in fact a project)? Can you name the project risks?
Do you know how to diminish (reduce) these risk factors (to avoid obstacles)?


2.)    How would you persuade Your new (in the future, after you start to work) colleagues, that CC
project management methodology might be suitable for the project management?  Can you define basic
CC benefits?


3.)    What kind of effects do you expect by possible using buffers (time buffers) during the
working out of your thesis (dissertation)? Can you explain what is the buffer?


4.)    Can you specify by use of Thinking Process Tools Your personal bottleneck as far as studying
processes or writing a work or working on assigned school tasks (by other tutors)  is concerned?
Try to use CRT (see full meaning above) and create a list of Undesirable Effects (named by You).


5.)    State clearly Your suggestions to improve Your dissertation writing (project management
question) and related benefits.