It is not easy managing projects. The classic approach to project management in many situations remains the most appropriate. This simple method requires little more than an assessment of the tasks required to complete a project and a process to monitor their completion. During the course of the project, managers provide coaching, feedback, and assessment of TEAM Members, on the way to an agreed outcome. This kind of simple project management strategy works best with small groups when members do not necessarily need to wait on each other’s completed tasks to move forward.

However, taking traditional project management to the next level, the advanced approach assumes that individual team members rely on each other to complete tasks in sequence. As contributions to the common goal build, they enable more team members to take on larger tasks. In some cases, teams can actually get larger over the course of the project as more and more opportunities to complete tasks are created. As the evolution of both PERT and Critical Path methodologies take into account for intricate project timelines and dependencies, the Critical Chain method helps project managers reshape their teams and goals around budgets and other constraints. Instead of using Critical Path projections to determine the shortest possible project length, project managers can use the data to model potential cost savings and benefits of changing or eliminating project elements