Critical Path Analysis (CPA) and Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) are tools that help schedule and manage complex projects. CPA involves listing all project activities, plotting them on a diagram, and identifying the critical path or shortest time needed to complete the project. PERT is a variation of CPA that takes a more skeptical view of time estimates. Both tools are effective for assessing task priorities and sequences, and the resources and scheduling needed for successful project completion.
NCV 4 Project Management Hands-On Support Slide Show - Module 2Future Managers
This slide show complements the Learner Guide NCV 4 Project Management Hands-On Training by Bert Eksteen, published by Future Managers. For more information visit our website www.futuremanagers.net
This PPT describes about the "Project Tracking" activity & statistical process control at Infosys.
It covers the entire topic such as project tracking, activities tracking, defect tracking, issue tracking, etc.
It covers all main activity of SPC such as SPC analysis, control chart for SPC etc.
This PowerPoint presentation is of "Software Project Management".
This is a series of Capacity Building documents that was prepared by the Sudanese Youth Leadership Development Program.
هذه مجموعة من المقالات في مجالات تدريبية متعددة مناسبة للجمعيات الطوعية تم تطويرها بين عامي 2003-2008 للبرنامج السوداني لإعداد القيادات الشبابية
NCV 4 Project Management Hands-On Support Slide Show - Module 2Future Managers
This slide show complements the Learner Guide NCV 4 Project Management Hands-On Training by Bert Eksteen, published by Future Managers. For more information visit our website www.futuremanagers.net
This PPT describes about the "Project Tracking" activity & statistical process control at Infosys.
It covers the entire topic such as project tracking, activities tracking, defect tracking, issue tracking, etc.
It covers all main activity of SPC such as SPC analysis, control chart for SPC etc.
This PowerPoint presentation is of "Software Project Management".
This is a series of Capacity Building documents that was prepared by the Sudanese Youth Leadership Development Program.
هذه مجموعة من المقالات في مجالات تدريبية متعددة مناسبة للجمعيات الطوعية تم تطويرها بين عامي 2003-2008 للبرنامج السوداني لإعداد القيادات الشبابية
Gantt charts have evolved to become a primary means of communicating project plans and schedules. However, Gantt charts or bar graphs are limited in what it can present. They lack the ability to show the interrelationships and interdependencies which control the progress of the project. Gantt charts are subjective vs. rule-based, therefore, not reliable tools for construction scheduling. Logic Gantt charts (with CPM logic ties) are not subjective but fail to convey a sense of logical flow. See how the Graphical Planning Method (GPM) is a better alternative to the prior logic Gantt charts.
The following ppt includes basics of WBS and Bar chart. Also a case study of works held at a construction site (factory). WBS, Network Diagram, Bar Chart included.
Tools for project management is described some of the commonly used tools such as gantt chart, pert chart, logic network, product breakdown structure, work breakdown structure is defined briefly.
Gantt charts have evolved to become a primary means of communicating project plans and schedules. However, Gantt charts or bar graphs are limited in what it can present. They lack the ability to show the interrelationships and interdependencies which control the progress of the project. Gantt charts are subjective vs. rule-based, therefore, not reliable tools for construction scheduling. Logic Gantt charts (with CPM logic ties) are not subjective but fail to convey a sense of logical flow. See how the Graphical Planning Method (GPM) is a better alternative to the prior logic Gantt charts.
The following ppt includes basics of WBS and Bar chart. Also a case study of works held at a construction site (factory). WBS, Network Diagram, Bar Chart included.
Tools for project management is described some of the commonly used tools such as gantt chart, pert chart, logic network, product breakdown structure, work breakdown structure is defined briefly.
Critical Path Analysis is an important topic for PMP exam. It is of great help for Project Managers in managing projects in real time. Since in PMP exam, questions on Critical Path Analysis will be based on understanding of the concepts so such questions can be answered with certainty unlike situational questions which can be tricky to answer sometimes. So understanding Critical Path Analysis concepts would of great help in PMP exam.
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Our CPM guide includes everything you need to get started in the Critical Path Method - with step-by-step examples, solutions, as well as schedules to help get your next project done faster and easier. The Critical Path Method (CPM) is a simple but powerful technique for analyzing, planning, and scheduling large, complex projects. It is used to determine a project’s critical path—the longest sequence of tasks that must be finished for the entire project to be complete.
CPM, also known as Critical Path Analysis (CPA), identifies dependencies between tasks, and shows which tasks are critical to a project. The Critical Path Method (CPM) is one of the most important concepts in project management, and certainly among the most enduring. But what is the Critical Path Method, exactly? This beginner-friendly guide will help you understand the Critical Path Method and apply it in your projects.
Early iterations of the Critical Path Method can be traced all the way back to the Manhattan Project in the early 1940s. Given the ambition, scale, and importance of this world-altering project, scientists - and the managers behind them - developed a number of techniques to make sure that the project delivered results on time. For a project management technique, the Critical Path Method has quite an illustrious history. One of these techniques was to map out the most important tasks in any project and use that to estimate the project completion date.
The Critical Path Method in project management is a cornerstone of project planning even to this day. How long a project takes often depends on the most important tasks that constitute it.
2. Introduction
Critical Path Analysis and PERT are
powerful tools that help you to schedule and
manage complex projects.
Gantt Charts, Critical Path Analysis (CPA) or
the Critical Path Method (CPM) help you to
plan all tasks that must be completed as part of
a project. They act as the basis both for
preparation of a schedule, and of resource
planning
3. Drawing a Critical Path
Analysis Chart
Step 1. List all
activities in the
plan
4. Drawing a Critical Path
Analysis Chart
Step 2. Plot the activities as a circle and arrow
diagram
8. PERT (Program Evaluation
and Review Technique)
PERT is a variation on Critical Path Analysis
that takes a slightly more skeptical view of time
estimates made for each project stage.
Use the formula to calculate the time to use for
each project stage:
9. Key points
Critical Path Analysis is an effective and
powerful method of assessing:
- What tasks must be carried out.
- Where parallel activity can be performed.
- The shortest time in which you can complete
a project.
- Resources needed to execute a project.
- Task priorities.
10. Key Points
- The most efficient way of shortening time on
urgent projects.
- The sequence of activities, scheduling and
timings involved.
Effective Critical Path Analysis -> success/
failure on complex projects
PERT is a variant of Critical Path Analysis
