Representing and Scheduling Project Plans
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Gantt Charts
Network Diagrams
PERT Calculations
Critical Path Scheduling
Project Management Software
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Gantt Charts vs. Network Diagrams
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Gantt charts
Show task durations.
Show time overlap.
Show slack time in duration.
Network diagrams
Show task dependencies.
Do not show time overlap, but show parallelism.
Show slack time in boxes.
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Estimating Task Duration
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PERT: Program Evaluation Review Technique
Technique that uses optimistic (o), pessimistic (p), and realistic (r) time estimates to determine expected task duration
Formula for Estimated Time:
ET = (o + 4r + p)/6