CCPM

Business & Finance abbreviation · Project Management

CCPM
Stands forCritical chain project management
CategoriesBusiness & Finance

CCPM stands for Critical chain project management, a project management abbreviation.

Scheduling method that accounts for resource limits and protects the project end date with aggregated time buffers instead of padding each task estimate.

Example: Switching to CCPM, we cut task estimates in half and added a project buffer.

Usage notes

Introduced by Eliyahu Goldratt in his 1997 business novel "Critical Chain," an application of his theory of constraints.

More project management abbreviations

  • AC – Actual cost
  • ART – Agile release train
  • BAC – Budget at completion
  • CAPM – Certified Associate in Project Management
  • CCB – Change control board
  • CO – Change order
  • CPFF – Cost-plus-fixed-fee
  • CPI – Cost performance index
  • CPM – Critical path method
  • CR – Change request
  • CSM – Certified ScrumMaster
  • CV – Cost variance

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