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

Date                       :               23.10.2013

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

                                               in the seminar which will be held in time assigned
by tutor.

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

                                               write a seminar work- Chosen deadline (handing over
by mail) is 6.11.2013

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. You have to mention used
resources.

Theory                   :               will be handed over 6.11.2013



Name:


Operations Management: seminar work

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



Questions which have to be answered in the seminar work:



1.)    How would you apply CCPM 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
CCPM  project management methodology might be suitable for the project management?  Can you define
basic CCPM  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?  How you can measure
a reached results (used metrics such as time , capacity, costs, good will, and so on).


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.