1a) Network Diagram & Gantt Chart: Critical Path The critical path for the Nottingham Rugby Stadium project is: Clear site – Drive support piles – Pour lower concrete base – Build roof supports – Construct roof – Install roof – Inspection This means these activities have no slack and therefore any delay in them will lead to the whole project being delayed. Project Duration The project commences on the Monday June 2nd 2008‚ and finishes on Friday January 14th 2011‚ which means work
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reducing project duration Chapter Outline 1. Rationale for Reducing Project Duration 2. Options for Accelerating Project Completion A. Options When Resources Are Not Constrained i. Adding Resources ii. Outsourcing Project Work iii. Scheduling Overtime iv. Establish a Core Project Team v. Do It Twice—Fast and Correctly B. Options When Resources Are Constrained i. Fast-Tracking ii. Critical-Chain iii. Reducing Project Scope iv. Compromise Quality 3. Project Cost-Duration Graph 4
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Scamoail Ahmed - Project Mgmt assignment no 2 Q No 1 : What is meant by Project Crashing? How you incorporate Project Crashing through PERT-CPM? Definition 1. Project Crashing is a technique / process by which a project can be expedited by compressing the project schedule. Explanation 2. When we say that a project completion time is XX days‚ we generally mean that the project will normally takes these number of days within a specified resource / budget constraint. We could make it take less
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Introducing Project Management Concepts Using a Jewelry Store Robbery Edward D. Walker II Department of Finance and Quantitative Analysis‚ College of Business Administration‚ Georgia Southern University‚ P. O. Box 8151‚ Statesboro‚ GA 30460‚ e-mail: edwalker@GeorgiaSouthern.edu INTRODUCTION This paper describes the use of a simple hands-on case in undergraduate classes to teach the concepts of a traditional PERT/CPM and Critical Chain project management techniques. A simple six-activity project is used
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To create a chart in Excel 2007 To create a chart in Excel 2007‚ Open to the worksheet that contains your unsummarized data. Select the cell range of the data to be charted. If your cell range contains two nonadjacent areas‚ hold down the Ctrl key as you drag and select each area. Select Insert and in the Charts group‚ click the chart type. From the drop-down gallery that appears‚ click the chart sub-type you want. To help distinguish sub-types‚ move the mouse pointer over a sub-type
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Chapter 2 Homework Problem Solutions Chapter 2 Project Management Study Objectives: construct a network diagram for a project determine critical path and expected completion time of a project with deterministic task times (note: some of us also do calculations for probabilistic times‚ but not required) calculate slack times for a particular task know how to “crash” a project down to a certain completion time at the lowest cost (note: just the concept of crashing needs to be discussed and not the
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ESV). In biblical worldview‚ many scriptures identify time and work related approaches. Project duration is an important aspect of the project. Klansek‚ U.‚ & Psunder‚ M. (2008) stated‚ “Each activity within project network is characterized by its precedence relations‚ duration‚ and resource requirements”. After doing Part 1 of the Red Zuma project‚ I realized that many factors can affect the project duration. For example‚ if the resources are overallocated they can get leveled. When resources get
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DATE PAPER CODE SUBJECT/PAPER DURATION TIME(G.M.T.) Wednesday 27th P3043 French 3 (Oral) 40mins Time for paper will be arranged by August‚ 2014 the Council Friday‚ 29th P7023A Foods and Nutrition 3 (Practical Planning Session) 1hr 08.30 hrs. – 09.30 hrs. August‚2014 P7033A Home Management 3 (Practical Planning Session) 1hr 11.00 hrs. –12.00 hrs. P7073 Basketry 3 (Project Work)* 6 hours a day for P7083 Ceramics 3 (Project Work)* 5 days for each Monday
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TECHNIQUES FOR ESTIMATING TASK DURATIONS IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT As part of planning a project‚ tasks are assigned to project team members. Durations for task completion are also specified. Task duration estimation is necessary since it helps in cost and resource estimation. Iranmanesh and Mokhtari (2008)‚ further affirmed the importance of project duration estimation by saying that‚ estimation of time and cost to complete work in a project and follow up them during implementation are major contributors
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