PR

1. Project – A complex, non-routine, one-time effort limited by time,
budget, resources and performance specifications designed to meet
customer need
Major characteristics
• An established objective
• Unique
• Defined life span
• Defined budget
• Multifunctional -- CONFLICT
• Interdependency
• Uncertain -- RISK
Project Management

2. Activity and event relationships that graphically portrays the
sequential relations between the tasks in a project
Network Technique
PERT -- Program Evaluation and Review Technique
CPM -- Critical Path Method
• Probabilistic activity time
• Research & Development
• Deterministic activity time
• Construction/Production/Market Survey
Project Management

3. Project Management
Network Technique
Task Predecessor Time
A
B
C
D
E
F
-
-
A
B
B
C, D
5
4
6
2
5
8

4. Project Management
Activity on Node
Start End
A
B
C
D
F
E

5. Project Management
A
B
C
D
E
F
0 0
0 0
0 5
0 5
0 4
5 9
5 11
5 11
4 6
9 11
4 9
14 19
11 19
11 19
19 19
19 19
Critical Path
A – C – F
Start End

6. Project Management
GANTT Chart
1 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19
13
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Task Pred Time
A
B
C
D
E
F
-
-
A
B
B
C, D
5
4
6
2
5
8

7. Project Management
GANTT Chart