View the TOCICO 2015 presentation “Improving Project Portfolio Performance with Buffer-Type Flexibility and Task-level DBR”

NOVACES and its collaborators are excited to have been selected for several presentations at 2015 TOCICO in Cape Town. Below is information about one of our presentations or click here to watch a promo video. Improving Project Portfolio Performance with Buffer-Type Flexibility and Task-level DBR Bahadir Inozu, Ph.D., NOVACES, LLC Mike Hannan, Fortezza Consulting Hilbert […]

In collaboration with BAU International University and Fortezza Consulting, NOVACES is offering a new one day course on an innovative mix of nine proven techniques from multiple leading methods—including Critical Chain, Agile, and Lean—integrated harmoniously to boost performance dramatically. This approach provides leaders in project-centric organizations with a framework for unifying project teams and stakeholders […]

Project management has two essential elements to it, the theory and methods on one hand and the tools and techniques on the other. The further you move up the scale from random tasks to organized projects, the more important it is that you are versed in theory and methods. I come across many people struggling […]

NOVACES presented on Wednesday, June 11 at the 2014 Project Management Symposium, sponsored by The Project Management Institute’s Silver Spring Chapter. Their presentation, Taming the Chaos in the Annual Capital Budgeting Process with Multi-Project Critical Chain, was presented by Hilbert Robinson and covered the use of project portfolio management and critical chain concepts to improve […]

NOVACES will make three joint presentations at the 2014 Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization (TOCICO) Conference with the State of Utah, St. Alexius Medical Center and Turkish Airlines Technic. The presentations are reports of projects conducted at the client organizations, which include applications of Theory of Constraints tools including Critical Chain Project Management, Dynamic […]

Someone recently asked if I could provide an easy way to explain why the buffer management approach used by BeingManagement software is an improvement over the way task assignments and other execution decisions are typically made in the project environment. To explain the concepts behind how BeingManagement works, I often use the analogy that buffer […]

Being Co., Ltd. expands its global sales initiative of BeingManagement3 (BM3), a best-selling project management software in Japan, by forming this alliance with NOVACES for the North America territory. NOVACES, a Louisiana-based management consulting firm, has entered into an agreement with Being Co., Ltd., to become the exclusive North American reseller of BeingManagement3 (BM3), an […]

San Mateo, CA, July 09, 2012 –(PR.com)– Stottler Henke Associates, Inc. today announced that the US Navy has selected Aurora-CCPM™ software to schedule maintenance operations at the Naval Submarine Support Facility in New London, Connecticut. NSSF provides direct maintenance, repair, and upkeep support to the 21 nuclear attack submarines that operate out of the Naval […]

Large scale infrastructure projects focused on building or repairing mass transportation systems, communication networks, power grids and public utilities require vast resources, community-wide support and disciplined management. Without consensus, focus and commitment, these multi-year, multi-million dollar initiatives can quickly stretch out of scope, over budget and off schedule. Local, state and federal government agencies are […]