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PERT Distribution
PERT Distribution
Median
which (unlike PERT) places equal emphasis on
the extreme values which are usually less-well
known than the most likely value, and is
therefore less reliable. The triangular
distribution also has an angular shape that does
not match the smoother shape that typifies
Mode
subjective knowledge.
Variance
Typically, values of between 2 and 3.5 are used for and have the
Comparing density curves for the
effect of flattening the density curve; the unmodified PERT would
PERT and triangular probability
use . This is useful for highly skewed distributions where the
distributions
distances and are of very different sizes.