Critical Chain Project Management Software
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Ground-Breaking CCPM Software with No Alternatives in the Market: New Developments and Critical Chain Adaptations Letting You Deliver More in a Faster Way
Based on the CCPM framework, Epicflow isn’t just a critical chain project management software, it’s something more innovative as compared to traditional project management methods. Inspired by the developments of Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Epicflow’s co-founders, Dr. Albert Ponsteen and Jan Willem Tromp, have adapted the methodology to the specifics of multi-project environments with complex projects, limited resources, and dependent tasks, and implemented it in the software solution.
Benefits of Epicflow CCPM Software
Ultimate flexibility, thanks to real-time project and task prioritization based on resource dependencies and the absence of strict schedules.
One source of truth for everyone in a company improving communication and collaboration.
Bottleneck-free delivery with minimized stress and maximized confidence in success.
Decreased lead time and doubled high-quality output.
Enhanced resource productivity thanks to the right priorities and a balanced workload.
Concepts and Rules of Epicflow CCPM Project Management Software
Epicflow users are never afraid of uncertainty as they’re always prepared for it. With intelligent planning and buffer time management, your projects are always on track, and everybody is completely prepared for any unexpected event that may happen. To set the project buffer, we use the minimum time based on the effort estimation and add this extra time to the end of the projects to save it for emergencies.
Project teams using Epicflow are protected from procrastination and Parkinson’s law effect, and there are couple of reasons for that: we don’t make deterministic estimates; we assess the effort required for a task completion as the task duration is not as important and accurate as the amount of work that should be done to complete the task.
Powerful Features of Epicflow for Critical Chain Project Management
Pipeline and interactive Gantt chart
Explore projects, priorities, milestones, tasks, and dependencies with Pipeline and interactive Gantt chart. Epicflow users always know what the key tasks are because the highest-priority projects are always at the top of the Pipeline, and they know the projects’ feasibility with the help of colors (from blue to red).
Competence management and Resource allocation advisor
Streamline resource allocation with Competence management and Resource allocation advisor features. Embrace efficient resource utilization with semi-automatic resource allocation suggestions and easily reassign resources in case of changes.
Future load graph
Match the demand and available capacity to increase confidence in planning, avoid potential delays, and ensure ideal workflow with the Future load graph. Be sure that your available resources will cope with the required scope of work and deliver the planned projects on time.
AI-powered analytics
Keep an ear to the ground with real-time resource and project performance tracking. Epicflow provides essential information about resource performance from historical and real-time perspectives and predicts the expected output using AI.
Dashboard
Check your projects from micro to macro levels with the Dashboard to explore the number of projects and hours in execution and the current status of all projects you have in a Pipeline, and more, which allows you to see how many days earlier or later your projects are expected to be delivered based on the data analysis results.
What-if analysis
Implement the most optimal project management decisions with What-if analysis: change milestones, reassign resources, and more, to see the potential consequences of these actions, and implement only those which will bring the desired outcomes.
What Is the Difference Between Critical Path Project Management and Critical Chain Project Management?
The main difference between CCPM and CPPM is that Critical chain project management is focused on resource and buffer management, while critical path project management is primarily focused on task management.
What Is the Main Benefit of the Critical Chain Method?
One of the biggest advantages of CCPM is the ability to use limited resources to manage multiple projects through using correct prioritization and intelligent resource and buffer management. This method with the improvements implemented by Epicflow founders ensures ultimate flexibility and a balanced workload of scarce resources helping to avoid resource conflicts and maximize resource productivity.
Ready to Innovate Your Project Management Strategy with an Advanced CCPM Tool?
Integrate Your Tool with Epicflow
Epicflow has ready-made integrations with popular project management tools like Oracle Primavera, Jira, MS Project, and others, and it can be integrated with any software of your choice to become your enterprise solution to boost resource productivity, decrease lead time, and ensure your business’s success.
How Our CCPM Software Ensures Project Success
mobile telecommunications
KPN is a Dutch telecom company.
Learn how they improved deliverability and efficiency by 62% and 21% respectively with Epicflow.
With Epicflow, VieCuri makes better resource allocation decisions, forecast load based on their backlog, and hire the exact number of people they need.
Metal Company
A metal company Arnold AG has got a true increase of throughput without extra labour cost thanks to Epicflow.
See How Our Clients Achieved Successful Completion of Their Multiple Projects
"On-time delivery is not a myth. We’re now able to deliver on time and improve our service in a faster and more efficient way"
Edwin Kuiper
Partner Manager, KPN
"Epicflow helps me getting our projects to meet the strategic goals of our organization."
Nancy Underwood
PMO, VieCUri
"Epicflow revealed opportunities to take extra projects in short notice which was not possible before."
"We increased our output by 200% and reduced lead time by 50% in 2 years. We are also able to give our customers realistic commitments."
Hans de Boer
Director of R&D, TKF
Embrace Flexibility, Boost Resource Efficiency, and Smooth Your Multi-Project Flow with the Best Critical Chain Project Management Software
FAQ
Why is Epicflow the best project management software for engineering?
Critical chain project management software is a tool that is based on the CCPM framework. Aiming to optimize resource utilization, CCPM tools manage resource constraints and use time buffers to protect projects from delays.
What features does Epicflow CCPM tool stand for?
Epicflow’s functionality contributes to timely and successful project completion, so there are the key features:
- an automatic real-time prioritization mechanism, which helps everyone in a company be focused on the critical tasks of each project;
- a semi-automatic resource allocation mechanism that enhances the usage of resources and ensures effective execution of tasks by finding matches between assignments and resources based on competences and capacity;
- real-time resource performance and project progress tracking to assess the productivity of resources and the state of projects;
- demand and workload forecasting with predictive analytics that helps bridge demand and supply to increase the confidence level of a project plan’s feasibility and ensure smooth project flow;
- AI-powered simulations that help test project and resource management actions and check their consequences to ensure an optimal workflow across the project portfolio.
How does Epicflow ensure the success of multiple projects?
The Epicflow approach combines a unique methodology and features specially tailored for multi-project environments with a shared resource pool. The main goal of Epicflow is to balance resource workload and boost productivity because people are the driving force of any project. Together with wise buffer management, a non-traditional approach to estimations, intelligent resource allocation, resource performance tracking, project progress monitoring, and AI-powered features that predict resource demand and workload and let users test project management actions, Epicflow ensures on-time delivery without unexpected delays, additional resources, and, thus, extra costs.