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Be Fast or Be Gone

Be Fast or Be Gone

Racing the Clock with Critical Chain Project Management

by Andreas Scherer

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Mike Knight, an executive in a semiconductor firm, learns that his eightyearold son Tim has a rare form of brain cancer. Tim's best hope for longterm survival is a drug called Supragrel. Unfortunately, Supragrel is still in early clinical trials and may reach the market too late. Mike makes the agonizing decision to quit his job and go to work f...

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