[pic] Topic 1: Define project What is a project? A project is the defined set of planned and managed activities carried out for a period of time — with a defined start and end date. A project is designed to yield a set of products or services as agreed with the project clients and stakeholders. It has a lifecycle which is the process by which the project is undertaken. Five features that differentiate projects from ordinary work are that they:
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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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4D Scheduling; The Future of Planning? The purpose of this paper is to provide the reader with an understanding of the concept of 4D Scheduling‚ how and where it is used‚ whether it is currently of benefit to the construction industry and can it revolutionise planning in a positive manner for small‚ medium and large scale construction Projects. What is it? 4D Scheduling is a Programme which allows the Project Plan to interface with 3D software and build a live model which displays the Project Progress
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Technique (PERT) chart is a model for project management. It is a tool designed to represent the tasks involved in a project and analyze the time required for completion during the project management life cycle. It also helps to identify the minimum time required to complete the project. It was developed to simplify the planning and scheduling of a project where all the details and durations of the activities are not known at the start itself. It is used especially in project where time scheduling is of
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Henry Gantt’s legacy to production management is the following: * The Gantt chart: Still accepted as an important management tool today‚ it provides a graphic schedule for the planning and controlling of work‚ and recording progress towards stages of a project. The chart has a modern variation‚ Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT). * Industrial Efficiency: Industrial efficiency can only be produced by the application of scientific analysis to all aspects of the work in progress
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OF PROJECT COMPLETION USING STOCHASTIC PROJECT SCHEDULING SIMULATION (SPSS) Dong-Eun Lee1 ABSTRACT This paper introduces a software‚ Stochastic Project Scheduling Simulation (SPSS)‚ developed to measure the probability to complete a project in a certain time specified by the user. To deliver a project by a completion date committed to in a contract‚ a number of activities need to be carried out. The time that an entire project takes to complete and the activities that determine total project duration
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Production Planning and Control In any manufacturing enterprise production is the driving force to which most other functions react. This is particularly true with inventories; they exist because of the needs of production. In this chapter the relationship of production planning and control to work-in-process inventories is stressed. Objectives of Production Planning Control: The ultimate objective of production planning and control‚ like that of all other manufacturing controls‚ is to contribute
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UNIT 10 MEDIA SELECTION‚ PLANNING AND SCHEDULING Objectives After going through this unit you should be able to: * explain the concept of media planning and the role of media in overall marketing and advertising plan * discuss the considerations relevant to media selection * describe the dominant factors in media scheduling. Structure 10.1 Introduction 10.2 The Meaning and Types of Media 10.3 Media Planning: a Process 10.4 Media Selection: a Process
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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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