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NETWORK TECHNIQUES
PERT CPM
Specify inter-
relationship Develop network
between Tasks Diagram
• Identify various tasks or work elements to be performed in the project.
• Determine requirement of resources , such as men , material, and machines ,for
carrying out activities listed above..
• Estimate costs and time for various activities.
• Specify the inter – relationship among various activities.
Project Scheduling
• Once the planning phase , scheduling of the project is when each of the
activities required to be performed , taken up.
• Estimate the durations of activities.
• To calculate the total project duration by applying network analysis
techniques.
Project Control
• Project control refers to comparing the actual progress against the estimated
schedule. If significant difference are observed then you need to re-schedule
the project to update or revise the uncompleted part of the project.
NETWORKING
• Activity : any portions of project (tasks) which required by project, uses up resource and
consumes time – may involve labor, paper work, contractual negotiations, machinery
operations Activity on Arrow (AOA) showed as arrow, AON – Activity on Node.
• Event : beginning or ending points of one or more activities, instantaneous point in time,
also called ‘nodes’.
• Network : Combination of all project activities and the events
PRECEEDING SUCCESSOR ACTIVITY
EVENT
CPM - Critical Path Method
Definition:
• In CPM activities are shown as a network of precedence relationships using activity-on-
node network construction
• Single estimate of activity time
• Deterministic activity times
USED IN : Production management - for the jobs of repetitive in nature where the
activity time estimates can be predicted with considerable certainty due to the existence of
past experience.
Critical Path Method(CPM)
Definition:
• PERT is basically a method for analyzing the task involved in completing a
given project. It is a network technique which consist events. PERT is useful
in project planning and control.
USED IN : Project management - for non-repetitive jobs (research and
development work), where the time and cost estimates tend to be quite
uncertain. This technique uses probabilistic time estimates.
Steps in PERT Planning Process