cc‑Pulse[1]   Free  for 30 Years  
     
     
     
     
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There are two products, cc-Pulse and cc-MPulse.  Both products are COM add-ins for Microsoft® Project.  cc‑Pulse lets you apply the critical-chain model to individual projects.  cc‑MPulse lets you integrate the critical-chain models of multiple projects into one model for an entire business.  The benefit of using an integrated model is that you can schedule all your projects correctly, without over-committing resources across projects. 

 
   
  With cc‑Pulse you can...
  • Identify the critical chain of a project.
  • Define a project with multiple deliverable and multiple project-buffers.
  • Use event-buffers.[2] Event-buffers are feeding buffers for tasks with time-critical events.
  • Use feeding buffers for critical-chain tasks, for drum-tasks, and for bottleneck-tasks.[3] 
  • Calculate buffer-sizes by the sum-of-squares method or by the %-chain method.
  • Schedule a project from start or from finish.
  • Position feeding-chains ALAP behind feeding buffers or ASAP.
  • Test your plan for common problems, with the Network-Evaluation tool.
  • Be confident that your inputs for date-constraints and task-level priorities will be retained and honored.
  • Take full advantage of the critical-chain method's improved accuracy, with Smart Tracking.
  • See buffer-incursion beyond the range of 0% to 100%.
  • Create the Looking Glass Report (a graphical report generated in Excel and designed specifically for buffer-management meetings) for one project or for many.
  • Create resource-specific, HTML reports, with objective measurements for task-level prioritization.
  • Even apply Statistical Project Control to your projects, using the Western Electric Rules for statistical process-control.
Best of all, with cc-Pulse all these benefits cost you zero, nada, zilch, because cc-Pulse is absolutely free, and this is the full package, not for a watered down feature-set.  		 
     
 

After the initial installation, you will see one toolbar for cc‑MPulse and one for cc‑Pulse.  This lets you evaluate both products for the first 30 days, after which the toolbar for cc‑MPulse goes away.  However, the toolbar for cc‑Pulse sticks around for 30 years. 

  
     
 

Are you a cc-Pulse user already?  If your installation was authorized with User-Codes and Reg-Keys, then "I'm your huckleberry."  E-mail me your current User-Codes, and I'll respond with a Reg-Key for your 30-year trial.

 
     
     
   
     
  Downloads:  
     
  From this site:  cc-Pulse 3.7.0.4 full installation for_XP_Vista_and Wind-7 (34 MB)  
     
  From the Spherical Angle site:  cc-Pulse full installation for_XP Vista_and_Wind-7 (34 MB)  
     
     
     
       
 

About cc-Pulse and cc-MPulse

  
         
  cc-Pulse:   COM add-in.  Adds single-project, critical-chain-modeling features to MS-Project.

Learn about the critical-chain model for individual projects --> here.		  
         
  cc-MPulse:   COM add-in.  Adds EPM features to MS-Project.  Includes the full version of cc‑Pulse.  
         
  Languages:   cc-Pulse supports English, Polish, and Brazilian Portuguese, for Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7.  
         
       
 
      Compatibility     
      cc‑Pulse      
  Windows-7   Yes      
  Vista   Yes      
  XP (SP3)   Yes      
  Project Server 2007   Yes      
  Project Server 2003   Yes      
  Project 2007   Yes      
  Project 2003   Yes      
  Project 2002   Yes      
  Project 2000   Yes      
  Office 2007   Yes      
  Office 2003   Yes      
  Office XP   Yes      
  Office 2000   Yes      
     
  cc-Pulse and cc-MPulse support English, Polish, and Brazilian Portuguese, for Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7.  
   
  Are you a professional consultant or an internal consultant who works for a large corporation? If you would like to distribute cc-Pulse to your customers directly from your own site, please contact --> Tony Rizzo[4].   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
   
  [1]  cc‑Pulse is a product of Spherical Angle, Inc.  <back>  
     
   
  [2]  cc-Pulse introduces the concept of an Event Buffer. At times, there are specific events, in a project, for which the project manager needs to have high confidence in the expected start of these events. For example, a test-lab may be centrally scheduled in such a way that a window of time for the lab must be reserved well in advance. The project-manager needs a mechanism to make sure all samples and procedures are prepared in time for the scheduled test.  A task like this can be marked as having a time-critical start, an event.  When a task is marked this way, cc-Pulse inserts an appropriately labeled feeding buffer, between the start of the task and each of the task's predecessors.  cc-Pulse calculates event-buffers the same way as it calculates all other feeding buffers.  <back>  
     
   
  [3]  cc-Pulse  also features the concept of the bottleneck buffer, which enables the correct subordination steps whenever the resource used for staggering the projects (the drum) is not the most heavily loaded resource across all projects (the bottleneck). <back>   
   
  [4] Tony Rizzo is one of the principals of Spherical Angle, Inc.  <back>  
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