CRITICAL PATH METHOD (CEE 320 – VDC SEMINAR) 4 February 2009 Jesse Santiago & Desirae Magallon Overview Background & History CPM Defined The CPM approach Definitions Class Exercise Background & History Developed in the 1950s by the US Navy Originally‚ the critical path method considered only logical dependencies between terminal elements Since then‚ it has been expanded to allow for the inclusion of resources related to each activity‚ through processes called activity-based resource
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RADIOGRAFIA ACTUAL DE DUNKING DONUTS DUNKIN’ DONUTS‚ LA EMPRESA: Venta y distribución de productos de bollería‚ café y bebidas. Era casi exclusivamente una empresa franquiciadora dónde no existe el equilibrio entre establecimientos en propiedad y franquiciados. Distribución cadena en el año 1997: • Establecimientos propios: 29 • Franquiciados: 1.449 PROBLEMÁTICA: La falta de estrategia a nivel empresarial ha traído como consecuencia una reducción del crecimiento de ventas y por tanto una
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Krispy Kreme Case Study To become a Krispy Kreme franchisee‚ an entrepreneur must have the dream of one day owning their own business‚ have a willingness to take risks‚ be able to recognize opportunities when they occur and be a naturally optimistic thinker who can use their time‚ capital‚ and talent to achieve success. To be considered for a Krispy Kreme franchise‚ entrepreneurs must have demonstrated a time standing history of success as a businessperson‚ to be willing to work as part of and
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LECTURE NOTES ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT Emad Elbeltagi‚ Ph.D.‚ P.Eng.‚ Professor of Construction Management Structural Engineering Department‚ Faculty of Engineering‚ Mansoura University Construction Project Management 2009 Copyright © 2009 by the author. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means‚ or stored in a data base or retrieval system‚ without the prior written permissions of the author. PREFACE In the Name of
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ONLINE 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
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the TOWS analysis. the first threat facing DD is the presence of many competitors‚ like starbucks‚ mcdonalds and krispy kreme. They can potentially cause a large reduction in DD’s market share in coffee and baked foods. Another threat is that there are low barriers of entry into the coffee and donut industry‚ which actually gives rise to the threat above - presence of many competitors. The price of raw ingredients are also increasing‚ like soybean. It is a threat as DD is now using a reformulated
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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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MARKETING - BT10303 Presentation on Case Study Topic • Dunkin’s Donut Group of Member ➢ Yelly Yong (YE 2007 – 7735) ➢ Heather Dyi (YE 2007 – 7733) ➢ Intan Arniesa (YE 2007 - 7729 ➢ Patrick Laing (YE 2007 – 7731) ➢ Mohd Raed (YE 2007 - 6892) Date of submission: ➢ 13th Sept 2009 Lecturer Name ➢ Ms Grace Phang Introduction of Dunkin’ Donuts [pic] [pic] Dunkin’ Donut is a highly recognizable brand name. Its global presence‚ strong
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Course Date Unique Positioning for New Restaurant Strategic Situation Summary Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts are well-established coffee restaurants that offer world-class range of coffee. Starbucks has uniquely brewed caffeine-free coffee and targets typically the noble people. Starbucks’ ambiance is classy with free WI-FI that allows customers to connect as they indulge in the cafe. Dunkin Donuts offers a variety of pastry and coffee to the customers at reasonably low prices. Between 3 and 6 pm they
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Homework Problems 3.28 The following represent activities in Marc Massoud’s Construction Company project. a) Draw the network to represent this situation. b) Which activities are on the critical path? c) What is the length of the critical path? Activity Immediate Predecessor(s) Time (weeks) Activity Immediate Predecessor(s) Time (weeks) A — 1 E B 2 B — 4 F C‚ E 7 C A 1 G D 2 D B 5 H F‚ G 3 3.29 A small software development project at Krishna Dhir’s firm
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