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The Following Questions adapted from tutorial material of H Steyn Ed., Project Management -A Multi-disciplinary Approach (Pretoria: FPM Publishing, 2003). Reprinted with permission.
-Complete the following table: state how the five steps of constraints management relate to the management of a single project when the critical chain method is used.
 Constraints  management step  Application to management of a (single) project  1. Identify the constraint  2. Decide how to exploit  the constraint(s)  3. Subordinate everything  to the decision(s) in 2 above  4. Elevate the  constraint(s) (in other  words, take steps to  "widen the bottleneck")  5. Go back to Step 1. \begin{array} { | l | l | } \hline \begin{array} { l } \text { Constraints } \\\text { management step }\end{array} & \text { Application to management of a (single) project } \\\hline \text { 1. Identify the constraint } & \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { 2. Decide how to exploit } \\\text { the constraint(s) }\end{array} & \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { 3. Subordinate everything } \\\text { to the decision(s) in } 2 \\\text { above }\end{array} & \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { 4. Elevate the } \\\text { constraint(s) (in other } \\\text { words, take steps to } \\\text { "widen the bottleneck") }\end{array} & \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { 5. Go back to Step 1. }\end{array} \\\hline\end{array}

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