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System Development &

Project Management
Chapter 3
Project Management

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What is a Project?
• Project
o is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or
result
o is a set of related activities that pursue a defined goal and which have
distinct start and finish dates, subject to a number of resource constraints
such as time, money, people, equipment, etc.
• Projects
o Clearly defined scope, deliverables, and results.
o Estimated time frame or schedule subject to a high degree of uncertainty.
o Estimated budget subject to a high degree of uncertainty.
o Requirement of extensive interaction among participants.
o Tasks that may compete or conflict with other business activities.
o Risky but with a high profit potential or benefits.

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Project Management Fundamentals


• Project Management
o is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to
project activities to meet project requirements
• Deliverable
o is any measurable, tangible, verifiable outcome, result or item
that is produced to complete a project or part of a project

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Bechtel Projects https://www.bechtel.com/services/

• Oil pipelines in Venezuela, from Saudi Arabia to Syria through Jordan, and
Canada Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline
• Managing the Channel Tunnel project
• Constructing the Hoover Dam, the highest dam in the Western Hemisphere
• Nuclear power plants and nuclear cleanup projects including Three Mile Island
• Construction of Jubail, a complete city in Saudi Arabia
• Project management for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
• San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART)
• Emergency response efforts following Hurricane Katrina and extinguishing oil
well fires in Kuwait
• Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel Project and Washington D.C.'s Silver Line
metro
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Importance of Project
Management
Bechtel Project Management
a. International workforce, construction
professionals, cooks, medical
personnel, security
b. Strategic value of time-based
competition
c. Quality mandate for continual
improvement
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Denver International Airport Project


Ignored expert
Underestimate
complexity
Poor planning and
impossible
expectation
Lack of due
diligence
Excluded key
stakeholders
Scope creep
Ignore interface
design

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The Triple Constraint

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Project Characteristics
• Single unit
• Many related activities
• Difficult production planning and
inventory control
• General purpose equipment
• High labor skills

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Examples of Projects
• Building Construction

• Research Project

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Project Management Activities

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Project Planning, Scheduling, and
Controlling (1 of 2)
Figure 3.1

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A Sample Project Organization
Figure 3.2

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Matrix Organization

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Project Planning, Scheduling, and
Controlling (2 of 2)
Figure 3.1

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The Role of the Project Manager (1 of 2)
Highly visible, Responsible for making sure that:

All necessary The project The project The people


activities are comes in within meets quality assigned to the
finished in budget goals project receive
order and on motivation,
time direction, and
information

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Ethical Issues
The Project Management Institute has established an ethical code to
deal with problems such as:

Offers of gifts from contractors

Pressure to alter status reports to mask delays

False reports for charges of time and expenses

Pressure to compromise quality to meet schedules

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Work Breakdown Structure (1 of 2)
Level
1. Project
2. Major tasks in the project
3. Subtasks in the major tasks
4. Activities (or “work packages”) to be completed

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Work Breakdown Structure (2 of 2)
Figure 3.3

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Figure 13.10 One segment of the WBS for a mobile commerce site project

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Project Scheduling Techniques (1 of 2)
• Ensure that all activities are
planned for
• Their order of performance
is accounted for
• The activity time estimates
are recorded
• The overall project time is
developed

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Purposes of Project Scheduling

Shows the Identifies the


relationship of each precedence
activity to others and relationships among
to the whole project activities

Helps make better use


Encourages the of people, money, and
setting of realistic time material resources by
and cost estimates for identifying critical
each activity bottlenecks in the
project

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Project Scheduling Techniques
Gantt chart

Critical Path Method (CPM)

Program Evaluation and Review


Technique (PERT)
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A Simple Gantt Chart

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Service For a Delta Jet
Figure 3.4

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Project Controlling

Close monitoring Feedback Computerized


of resources, enables revising tools produce
costs, quality, the project plan extensive reports
budgets and shift
resources

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Project Control Reports

Detailed cost
Labor Cost and hour
breakdowns for
requirements summaries
each task

Raw material
Time analysis
and expenditure Variance reports
reports
forecasts

Work status
reports

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Project Control
• Well-defined – Waterfall Projects
– Extensive planning
– Known constraints
– Well-defined specifications
• Ill-defined – Agile Projects
– Many unknowns
– Evolving technology and specifications
– Project developed iteratively and incrementally

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Figure 13.4 Stages in the Agile Methodology


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PERT and CPM
• Network techniques
• Developed in 1950s
– CPM by DuPont for chemical plants (1957)
– PERT by Booz, Allen & Hamilton with the U.S.
Navy, for Polaris missile (1958)
• Consider precedence relationships and
interdependencies
• Each uses a different estimate of activity times

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Six Steps PERT and CPM
1. Define the project and prepare the work breakdown
structure
2. Develop relationships among the activities – decide
which activities must precede and which must follow
others
3. Draw the network connecting all of the activities
4. Assign time and/or cost estimates to each activity
5. Compute the longest time path through the network – this
is called the critical path
6. Use the network to help plan, schedule, monitor, and
control the project
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Questions PERT and CPM Can Answer
What are the
When will the critical activities Which are the
entire project be noncritical
or tasks in the
completed? activities?
project?

Is the project on
What is the schedule, Is the money
probability the spent equal to,
behind
project will be less than, or
schedule, or
completed by a ahead of greater than the
specific date? budget?
schedule?
If the project
Are there must be finished
enough
in a shorter
resources
time, what is the
available to way to
finish the project
accomplish this
on time? at least cost?

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A Comparison of AON and AOA
Network Conventions (1 of 3)

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A Comparison of AON and AOA
Network Conventions (2 of 3)

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A Comparison of AON and AOA
Network Conventions (3 of 3)

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AON Example
Table 3.1 Milwaukee Paper Manufacturing’s Activities and
Predecessors
IMMEDIATE
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION PREDECESSORS
A Build internal components Blank
B Modify roof and floor Blank
C Construct collection stack A
D Pour concrete and install frame A, B
E Build high-temperature burner C
F Install pollution control system C
G Install air pollution device D, E
H Inspect and test F, G
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AON Network for Milwaukee Paper
(1 of 3) ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
IMMEDIATE
PREDECESSORS
A Build internal components Blank
B Modify roof and floor Blank
Figure 3.5 C Construct collection stack A
D Pour concrete and install frame A, B
E Build high-temperature burner C
F Install pollution control system C
G Install air pollution device D, E
H Inspect and test F, G

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AON Network for Milwaukee Paper
(2 of 3) ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
IMMEDIATE
PREDECESSORS
A Build internal components Blank
B Modify roof and floor Blank
Figure 3.6 C Construct collection stack A
D Pour concrete and install frame A, B
E Build high-temperature burner C
F Install pollution control system C
G Install air pollution device D, E
H Inspect and test F, G

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AON Network for Milwaukee Paper
(3 of 3) ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
IMMEDIATE
PREDECESSORS
A Build internal components Blank
B Modify roof and floor Blank
Figure 3.7 C Construct collection stack A
D Pour concrete and install frame A, B
E Build high-temperature burner C
F Install pollution control system C
G Install air pollution device D, E
H Inspect and test F, G

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AOA Network for Milwaukee Paper
IMMEDIATE
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION PREDECESSORS
A Build internal components Blank

Figure 3.8 B
C
Modify roof and floor
Construct collection stack
Blank
A
D Pour concrete and install frame A, B
E Build high-temperature burner C
F Install pollution control system C
G Install air pollution device D, E
H Inspect and test F, G

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Determining the Project Schedule (1 of 3)
Perform a Critical Path Analysis

The critical path is the longest path through the network

The critical path is the shortest time in which the project


can be completed

Any delay in critical path activities delays the project

Critical path activities have no slack time

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Determining the Project Schedule
(2 of 3)
Table 3.2 Time Estimates for Milwaukee Paper
Manufacturing

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION TIME (WEEKS)


A Build internal components 2
B Modify roof and floor 3
C Construct collection stack 2
D Pour concrete and install frame 4
E Build high-temperature burner 4
F Install pollution control system 3
G Install air pollution device 5
H Inspect and test 2
Blank Total time (weeks) 25

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Determining the Project Schedule
Earliest start (ES) = earliest time at
(3 of 3) which an activity can
Perform a Critical Path start, assuming all
Figure 3.9 Analysis predecessors have
been completed

Earliest finish (EF) = earliest time at


which an activity can
be finished

Latest start (LS) = latest time at which an


activity can start so as
to not delay the
completion time of the
entire project

Latest finish (LF) = latest time by which an


activity has to be
finished so as to not
delay the completion
time of the entire
project
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Forward Pass (1 of 2)
Begin at starting event and work forward
Earliest Start Time Rule:
• If an activity has only a single immediate predecessor, its
ES equals the EF of the predecessor
• If an activity has multiple immediate predecessors, its ES
is the maximum of all the EF values of its predecessors
ES = Max {EF of all immediate predecessors}

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Forward Pass (2 of 2)
Begin at starting event and work forward
Earliest Finish Time Rule:
• The earliest finish time (EF) of an activity is the sum of its
earliest start time (ES) and its activity time
EF = ES + Activity time

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ES/EF Network for Milwaukee Paper
(1 of 7) ACTIVITY
A
DESCRIPTION
Build internal components
IMMEDIATE
PREDECESSORS
Blank
ACTIVITY
A
B
DESCRIPTION
Build internal components
Modify roof and floor
TIME (WEEKS)
2
3
B Modify roof and floor Blank C Construct collection stack 2
C Construct collection stack A D Pour concrete and install frame 4
D Pour concrete and install frame A, B E Build high-temperature burner 4
E Build high-temperature burner C F Install pollution control system 3
F Install pollution control system C G Install air pollution device 5
G Install air pollution device D, E H Inspect and test 2
H Inspect and test F, G Blank Total time (weeks) 25

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ES/EF Network for Milwaukee Paper
(2 of 7) ACTIVITY
A
DESCRIPTION
Build internal components
IMMEDIATE
PREDECESSORS
Blank
ACTIVITY
A
B
DESCRIPTION
Build internal components
Modify roof and floor
TIME (WEEKS)
2
3
B Modify roof and floor Blank C Construct collection stack 2
C Construct collection stack A D Pour concrete and install frame 4
D Pour concrete and install frame A, B E Build high-temperature burner 4
E Build high-temperature burner C F Install pollution control system 3
F Install pollution control system C G Install air pollution device 5
G Install air pollution device D, E H Inspect and test 2
H Inspect and test F, G Blank Total time (weeks) 25

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ES/EF Network for Milwaukee Paper
(3 of 7) ACTIVITY
A
DESCRIPTION
Build internal components
IMMEDIATE
PREDECESSORS
Blank
ACTIVITY
A
B
DESCRIPTION
Build internal components
Modify roof and floor
TIME (WEEKS)
2
3
B Modify roof and floor Blank C Construct collection stack 2
C Construct collection stack A D Pour concrete and install frame 4
D Pour concrete and install frame A, B E Build high-temperature burner 4
E Build high-temperature burner C F Install pollution control system 3
F Install pollution control system C G Install air pollution device 5
G Install air pollution device D, E H Inspect and test 2
H Inspect and test F, G Blank Total time (weeks) 25

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ES/EF Network for Milwaukee Paper
(4 of 7) ACTIVITY
A
DESCRIPTION
Build internal components
IMMEDIATE
PREDECESSORS
Blank
ACTIVITY
A
B
DESCRIPTION
Build internal components
Modify roof and floor
TIME (WEEKS)
2
3
B Modify roof and floor Blank C Construct collection stack 2
C Construct collection stack A D Pour concrete and install frame 4
D Pour concrete and install frame A, B E Build high-temperature burner 4
E Build high-temperature burner C F Install pollution control system 3
F Install pollution control system C G Install air pollution device 5
G Install air pollution device D, E H Inspect and test 2
H Inspect and test F, G Blank Total time (weeks) 25

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ES/EF Network for Milwaukee Paper
(5 of 7) ACTIVITY
A
DESCRIPTION
Build internal components
IMMEDIATE
PREDECESSORS
Blank
ACTIVITY
A
B
DESCRIPTION
Build internal components
Modify roof and floor
TIME (WEEKS)
2
3
B Modify roof and floor Blank C Construct collection stack 2
C Construct collection stack A D Pour concrete and install frame 4
D Pour concrete and install frame A, B E Build high-temperature burner 4
E Build high-temperature burner C F Install pollution control system 3
F Install pollution control system C G Install air pollution device 5
G Install air pollution device D, E H Inspect and test 2
H Inspect and test F, G Blank Total time (weeks) 25

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ES/EF Network for Milwaukee Paper
(6 of 7) ACTIVITY
A
DESCRIPTION
Build internal components
IMMEDIATE
PREDECESSORS
Blank
ACTIVITY
A
B
DESCRIPTION
Build internal components
Modify roof and floor
TIME (WEEKS)
2
3
B Modify roof and floor Blank C Construct collection stack 2
C Construct collection stack A D Pour concrete and install frame 4
D Pour concrete and install frame A, B E Build high-temperature burner 4
E Build high-temperature burner C F Install pollution control system 3
F Install pollution control system C G Install air pollution device 5
G Install air pollution device D, E H Inspect and test 2
H Inspect and test F, G Blank Total time (weeks) 25

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ES/EF Network for Milwaukee Paper
(7 of 7) ACTIVITY
A
DESCRIPTION
Build internal components
IMMEDIATE
PREDECESSORS
Blank
ACTIVITY
A
B
DESCRIPTION
Build internal components
Modify roof and floor
TIME (WEEKS)
2
3
B Modify roof and floor Blank C Construct collection stack 2

Figure 3.10 C
D
Construct collection stack
Pour concrete and install frame
A
A, B
D
E
Pour concrete and install frame
Build high-temperature burner
4
4
E Build high-temperature burner C F Install pollution control system 3
F Install pollution control system C G Install air pollution device 5
G Install air pollution device D, E H Inspect and test 2
H Inspect and test F, G Blank Total time (weeks) 25

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Backward Pass (1 of 2)
Begin with the last event and work backwards
Latest Finish Time Rule:
• If an activity is an immediate predecessor for just a single
activity, its LF equals the LS of the activity that immediately
follows it
• If an activity is an immediate predecessor to more than
one activity, its LF is the minimum of all LS values of all
activities that immediately follow it
LF = Min {LS of all immediate following activities}

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Backward Pass (2 of 2)
Begin with the last event and work backwards
Latest Start Time Rule:
• The latest start time (LS) of an activity is the difference of
its latest finish time (LF) and its activity time
LS = LF − Activity time

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LS/LF Times for Milwaukee Paper
(1 of 4)

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LS/LF Times for Milwaukee Paper
(2 of 4)

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LS/LF Times for Milwaukee Paper
(3 of 4)

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LS/LF Times for Milwaukee Paper
(4 of 4) ACTIVITY
A
DESCRIPTION
Build internal components
IMMEDIATE
PREDECESSORS
Blank
ACTIVITY
A
B
DESCRIPTION
Build internal components
Modify roof and floor
TIME (WEEKS)
2
3
B Modify roof and floor Blank C Construct collection stack 2
C Construct collection stack A D Pour concrete and install frame 4
D Pour concrete and install frame A, B E Build high-temperature burner 4
E Build high-temperature burner C F Install pollution control system 3
F Install pollution control system C G Install air pollution device 5
G Install air pollution device D, E H Inspect and test 2
H Inspect and test F, G Blank Total time (weeks) 25

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Computing Slack Time (1 of 3)
After computing the ES, EF, LS, and LF times for all
activities, compute the slack or free time for each activity
• Slack is the length of time an activity can be delayed
without delaying the entire project

Slack = LS − ES or Slack = LF − EF

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Computing Slack Time (2 of 3)
Table 3.3 Milwaukee Paper’s Schedule and Slack Times
EARLIEST LATEST LATEST ON
START EARLIEST START FINISH SLACK CRITICAL
ACTIVITY ES FINISH EF LS LF LS − ES PATH
A 0 2 0 2 0 Yes
B 0 3 1 4 1 No
C 2 4 2 4 0 Yes
D 3 7 4 8 1 No
E 4 8 4 8 0 Yes
F 4 7 10 13 6 No
G 8 13 8 13 0 Yes
H 13 15 13 15 0 Yes

Slack is the length of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the
entire project
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Computing Slack Time (3 of 3)
Table 3.3 Milwaukee Paper’s Schedule and Slack Times

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Critical Path for Milwaukee Paper

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ES − EF Gantt Chart for Milwaukee
Paper

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LS − LF Gantt Chart for Milwaukee
Paper

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Variability in Activity Times (1 of 4)

CPM assumes we know a


fixed time estimate for each
activity and there is no
variability in activity times

PERT uses a probability


distribution for activity times
to allow for variability

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Variability in Activity Times (2 of 4)

Three time estimates are required


a. Optimistic time (a) – if everything goes
according to plan
b. Pessimistic time (b) – assuming very
unfavorable conditions
c. Most likely time (m) – most realistic estimate

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Variability in Activity Times (3 of 4)
Estimate follows beta distribution
Expected activity time:
t = (a + 4m + b) / 6

Variance of activity completion times:


v = [(b – a ) / 6]2

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Variability in Activity Times (4 of 4)
Figure 3.11
Estimate follows beta distribution

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Computing Variance
Table 3.4 Time Estimates (in weeks) for Milwaukee Paper's
Project

MOST
OPTIMISTIC LIKELY PESSIMISTIC EXPECTED TIME VARIANCE
ACTIVITY a m b t = (a + 4m + b)/6 [(b − a)/6]2
A 1 2 3 2 .11
B 2 3 4 3 .11
C 1 2 3 2 .11
D 2 4 6 4 .44
E 1 4 7 4 1.00
F 1 2 9 3 1.78
G 3 4 11 5 1.78
H 1 2 3 2 .11

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Probability of Project Completion
(1 of 7)

Project variance is computed by summing the variances


of critical activities

s p2 = Project variance
=S ( variances of activities on critical path )

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Probability of Project Completion
(2 of 7)

Project variance is computed by summing the variances


of critical activities

Project variance

s2p = .11 + .11 + 1.00 + 1.78 + .11 = 3.11

Project standard deviation


sp = Project variance

= 3.11 = 1.76 weeks

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Probability of Project Completion
(3 of 7)

PERT makes two more assumptions:


• Total project completion times follow a
normal probability distribution
• Activity times are statistically independent

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Probability of Project Completion
(4 of 7)
Figure 3.12

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Probability of Project Completion
(5 of 7)

What is the probability this project can be completed on


or before the 16-week deadline?

Z = ( Due date - Expected date of completion ) / s p


= (16 weeks – 15 weeks ) /1.76
= 0.57

Where Z is the number of


standard deviations the due
date or target date lies from the
mean or expected date

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Probability of Project Completion
(6 of 7)

What is the probability this project can be completed on


or before the 16-week deadline?

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Probability of Project Completion
(7 of 7)
Figure 3.13

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Variability of Completion Time for
Noncritical Paths

Variability of times for


activities on noncritical
paths must be Variation in noncritical
considered when activity may cause
finding the probability change in critical path
of finishing in a
specified time

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What Project Management Has
Provided So Far
1. The project’s expected completion time is 15
weeks
2. There is a 71.57% chance the equipment will be
in place by the 16-week deadline
3. Five activities (A, C, E, G, and H) are on the
critical path
4. Three activities (B, D, F) are not on the critical
path and have slack time
5. A detailed schedule is available

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Cost–Time Trade-Offs and Project
Crashing
It is not uncommon to face the following situations:
• The project is behind schedule
• The completion time has been moved forward

Shortening the duration of the project is called


project crashing

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Factors to Consider When Crashing a Project

The amount by which an activity is crashed is,


in fact, permissible

Taken together, the shortened activity


durations will enable us to finish the project by
the due date

The total cost of crashing is as small as


possible

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Steps in Project Crashing (1 of 3)
Step 1: Compute the crash cost per time period. If crash
costs are linear over time:

Crash cost
=
( Crash cost – Normal cost )
per period ( Normal time – Crash time )
Step 2: Using current activity times, find the critical path(s)
and identify the critical activities

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Steps in Project Crashing (2 of 3)
Step 3: If there is only one critical path, then select the
activity on this critical path that (a) can still be
crashed, and (b) has the smallest crash cost per
period. If there is more than one critical path, then
select one activity from each critical path such that
(a) each selected activity can still be crashed, and
(b) the total crash cost of all selected activities is the
smallest. Crash each selected activity by one period.

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Steps in Project Crashing (3 of 3)
Step 4: Update all activity times. If the desired due date has
been reached, stop. If not, return to Step 2.

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Crashing the Project
Table 3.5 Normal and Crash Data for Milwaukee Paper
Manufacturing

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Crash and Normal Times and Costs
for Activity B
Figure 3.15

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Critical Path and Slack Times for
Milwaukee Paper
Figure 3.16

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Crashing Activity A One Week (1 of 2)
Figure 3.16 (revised)

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Crashing Activity A One Week (2 of 2)
Figure 3.16 (revised)

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Crashing Activity G One Week (1 of 2)
Figure 3.16 (revised)

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Crashing Activity G One Week (2 of 2)
Figure 3.16 (revised)

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Especially useful Straightforward Graphical networks Critical path and
when scheduling concept and not help highlight slack time analyses
and controlling large mathematically relationships among help pinpoint
projects complex project activities activities that need
to be closely
watched

Project Applicable to a wide Useful in monitoring


documentation and variety of projects not only schedules
graphics point out but costs as well
who is responsible
for various activities

Advantages of PERT/CPM
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Limitations of PERT/CPM
1. Project activities have to be clearly defined,
independent, and stable in their relationships
2. Precedence relationships must be specified
and networked together
3. Time estimates tend to be subjective and are
subject to fudging by managers
4. There is an inherent danger of too much
emphasis being placed on the longest, or
critical, path
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Project Closing: Lessons Learned
The enterprise and people who worked on the project benefit from lessons learned.

Post-project reviews, or post mortems, identify the reasons the project was successful or
not, strengths and weaknesses of the project plan, how problems were detected and
resolved, and how the project was successful in spite of them.

Communication is King

Set Realistic and Detailed Project Plans with Adequate Time and Resources

Encourage Timely Feedback and Be Willing to Listen

Manage Risk with Regular Project Status Reviews

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