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1 Project Management in Practice Second Edition Mantel, Meredith, Shafer, and Sutton Prepared by Scott M. Shafer Wake Forest University John Wiley and Sons, 5-1

2 Chapter 5 Scheduling the Project 5-2

3 PERT AND CPM NETWORKS 5-3

4 Tarihçe 1950 lerin sonlarında Program Evaluation and dreview Technique (PERT) Program değerlendirme ve gözden geçirme tekniği U.S. Navy, Booz-Allen Hamilton, and Lockeheed Aircraft Probabilistic faaliyet süreleri Critical Path Method (CPM) Kritik yol yöntemi Dupont De Nemours Deterministic faaliyet süreleri 5-4

5 PERT/CPM terminolojisi i Activity Faaliyet-İşlem Görev veya görevler seti Kaynak kullanır Event- Olay- Düğüm Bir yada daha fazla faaliyetin tamamlanması durumu Kaynak ya da zaman kullanmaz Öncel(öncül) faaliyetler tamamlanmalı 5-5

6 PERT/CPM terminolojisi Milestones- kilometre taşları events that mark significant ifi progress Network Ağ-Serimğ diagram of nodes and arcs used to illustrate technological relationships Path -Yol series of connected activities between two events 5-6

7 PERT/CPM Critical Path Kritik Yol set of activities i i on a path that if delayed d will delay completion of project Critical Time Kritik süre- Proje tamamlanma süresi time required to complete all activities on the critical path 5-7

8 Network- Ağı oluşturma AOA (Activity 0n Arc) Network (faaliyetlerin oklarla gösterimi AON(Activity on Node) Network (faaliyetlerin düğümlerle gösterimi) 5-8

9 Table 5-1 A Sample Set of Project Activities and Precedences Task Predecessor a -- b -- c d e f g a b b c, d e 5-9

10 Figure 5-1 Stage 1 of a Sample AON Network 5-10

11 Figure 5-2 Stage 2 of a Sample AON Network 5-11

12 Figure 5-3 A Completed Sample AON Network 5-12

13 Figure 5-4 Stage 1 of a Sample AOA Network 5-13

14 Figure 5-55 Stage 2 of a Sample AOA Network 5-14

15 Figure 5-6a A Completed Sample AOA Network 5-15

16 Figure 5-6b A Completed Sample AOA Network Showing the Use of a Dummy Task 5-16

17 Table 5-2 A Sample Problem for Finding the Critical Path and Critical Time Activity Predecessor Duration a -- 5 days b -- 4 c a 3 d a 4 e a 6 f b, c 4 g d 5 h d, e 6 i f 6 j g, h

18 Figure 5-7 Stage 1 of a Sample Network 5-18

19 Figure 5-8AC Complete Network 5-19

20 Figure 5-9 Information Contents in an AON Node 5-20

21 Figure 5-10 The Critical Path and Time for Sample Project 5-21

22 Faaliyetlerin Boşluk Sürelerini Hesaplama Slack or Float LST - EST = LFT - EFT = Slack (boşluk) 5-22

23 Figure 5-11 An MSP Version of PERT/CPM Network 5-23

24 Figure 5-12 A Modified Version of MSP Network 5-24

25 PROJECT UNCERTAINTY AND RISK MANAGEMENT 5-25

26 Calculating Probabilistic Activity Times Three Time Estimates Pessimistic i i (kötümser) (b) most likely(en olası)(m) Optimistic(iyimser) (a) 5-26

27 Figure 5-13 The Statistical Distribution of all Possible Times for an Activity (beta dağılımı) 5-27

28 Activity Expected Time and Variance T E = ( a + 4m 6 + b) σ = ( b 6 a) Var = σ 2 ( b a ) =

29 95 Percent Level Task will be a or lower 5 percent of the time Task will be b or greater 5 percent of the time σ = (b b a) )

30 90 Percent Level Task will be a or lower 10 percent of the time Task will be b or greater 10 percent of the time σ = (b b a) )

31 95 Percent Level (Alternative Interpretation) Task will be between a and b 95 percent of the time σ = ( b a)

32 90 Percent Level (Alternative Interpretation) Task will be between a and b 90 percent of the time σ = ( b a)

33 Figure 5-14 An AON Network 5-33

34 Figure 5-15 An MSP Version of a Sample Problem Network 5-34

35 Figure 5-16 A Pert/CPM Network for the Day Care Project 5-35

36 Figure 5-17 An MSP Calendar for the Day Care Project, 4/16/00 to 5/27/

37 The Probability of Completing the Project on Time Z (D ) = D μ σ 2 μ =NORMDIST(D,μ,σμ σ μ,true) 5-37

38 Figure 5-18 The Statistical Distribution of Completion Times of the Path a-b-d-g-h 5-38

39 Sl Selecting Risk ikand Finding idi D D = μ + 2 σ = μ Z σ μ NORMINV(probability,μ,σ μ,true) 5-39

40 SIMULATION 5-40

41 Traditional Statistics Versus Simulation Similarities must enumerate alternate paths Differences simulation does not require assumption of path independence 5-41

42 THE GANNT CHART 5-42

43 Figure 5-23 A Gantt Chart of a Sample Project 5-43

44 Figure 5-24 A Gantt Chart of Sample Project Showing Critical Path, Path Connections, Slack, EST, LST, EFT, and LFT 5-44

45 Figure 5-25 A Gantt Chart of a Day Care Project Showing Expected Durations, Critical Path, Milestone, and Resource Requirements 5-45

46 Figure 5-26 A Progress Report on a Day Care Project Showing Actual Progress Versus Baseline 5-46

47 EXTENSIONS TO PERT/CPM 5-47

48 Precedence Diagramming i Finish-to-start linkage Start-to-start linkage Finish-to-finish linkage Start-to-finish linkage 5-48

49 Figure 5-27 Precedence Diagramming Conventions 5-49

50 Oh Other Methods Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique e (GERT) combines flowgraphs, probabilistic networks, and decision trees allows loops back to earlier events and probabilistic branching 5-50

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