Different activity list in project planning and management

❖ Activities list on project;

Event: Event is a step that leads to the action or status change in the project management.

There are three types of event in project planning and management;

1. Tail event
2. Head event
3. Dual role event

Activity
Activity Activity Activity n Activity A Activity B
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00 Final or end evnt(b)
Tail event(a) Tail event (b) Head Event(a) a

Activity B Activity B
Activity B 10
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n
Head Event(a) b
Tail event (c) Final or end evnt(d)

❖ Activities list on project(contd)

Activity: Activity in project management, is defined as the amount of work performed that
converts input to appropriate outputs
Parallel Activities: Parallel Activities in project management can be defined as a situation where
two activities take place simultaneously without affecting the performance of each other. It
allows to finish multiple steps at once and helps in finishing the given task in a shorter frame of
time than the assigned time frame.
Serial Activities: The serial activities need to be prtformed sequentialy one after the other. in
the other words, the first step in the project is stared and then completed before starting work
On the second step in the project.
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(b) Serial Activities

Dummy activities : Dummy activity consumes no time. It is basically not a real activity
associated with the project. Introduction of dummy activity in a network diagram can due to
some reasons.

1 A 2 B 3

ma Dummy 2,5

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