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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SUPPLEMENTAL APPENDIX PROJECT SCHEDULES WITH PERT/CPM CHARTS Chapter 3 of Systems Analysis and Design in a Changing World explains the techniques and steps required to build a project schedule using the Gantt chart view in MS Project. This appendix provides a similar explanation of how to build a project schedule‚ but it is based on using a PERT/CPM chart or diagram for the schedule format. A Gantt chart and a PERT/CPM chart both provide essentially the same information about project activities and tasks
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PERT‚ CPM‚ and Agile Project Management. Robert C. Martin 5 October 2003 Some time in the late 60’s my father brought home a book that he thought I’d be interested in. The title was Introduction to Operations Research by Frederick S. Hillier and Gerald J. Lieberman‚ Holden-Day‚ 1967. I was probably 15 or 16 years old. The book languished on my shelves for perhaps ten years. Then‚ as a young software professional‚ I pulled the book down and ‚thumbing through its pages‚ I noticed a chapter on PERT
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Title Page Project Name 1 Project Background 1 Business Case 1 Project Objectives 1 Major Deliverables 2 Project Stakeholders 2 Related Products and Deliverables & Proposed Resource List 3 Projected Customers 3 Customer Requirements 4 Project Manager and Authority Level 4 Preliminary Schedule (Milestone Chart) 4 Preliminary Schedule (Milestone Chart) con’t 5 Approval 6 Bibliography 7 Project Overview Project Name Wedding Proposal for Mark and Mary-Jo Project Background I have been
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‘The Big Day’ Wedding Planners Who we are? We are a team of dynamic young leaders with the ability to fulfil the requirements of the assigned roles using creative interactions and inputs. The individuals of the team can raise up to the demands of the real life situations with critical evaluation and required changes. The experience from various fields and business environments ensures the versatility of the team at the same time the ability to follow the objectives in the defined structure
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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 covers
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The Campus Wedding Case – The “A” case 1. Given the activities and precedence relationships described in the (A) case‚ develop a network diagram for the wedding plans. The following table contains the activities‚ expected activity times‚ and crashing information. Activity Duration (days) Predecessor Activities Crash Cost Crash Time 1. Reserve Church 1 2. Church Notice Wait 17 1. Reserve Church $100 10 3. Decorate Church 3 2. Church Notice Wait 4. Travel from Guatemala 10 $500 2 5. Fit
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Wedding Extravaganza is a business founded on making the wedding planning experience easy and exciting for the bride. We serve the bride‚ groom‚ their families‚ and the wedding party. Our facility contains eleven departments that specialize in the following areas: weddings‚ honeymoons‚ receptions‚ anniversary consultations‚ budget planning‚ invitations‚ answers to etiquette questions‚ florists‚ hair stylists/make-up artists‚ entertainers‚ musicians‚ bridal dresses‚ tuxes‚ catering‚ photography/videographer
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PROJECT “The Wedding” Due: 12-8-2013 Project Description This project requires research imagination‚ and logic in applying the content of this course and book. Go to Chapter 4 and pick Case Study# 2 titled “The Wedding” It starts at page 132. This case study will continue in Chapters 5 through 8. You will follow every step and answer questions in a presentation format. Project Requirements Assignment Due: This project assignment should be uploaded to the course ASSIGNMENTS no later
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PERT/CPM Project management triangle is the symbol that represents the money‚ time and scope items in a project‚ which has been modeled by Harold Kerzner. Given the wide range of project management tools available‚ the key to selecting the right one is to understand that different tools are needed along the different stages of a project life cycle. Graphical displays such as gantt-charts usually make the information easy to identify; and we can easily use it for tracking cost‚ schedule and performance
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