MANAGING PROJECTS

Managing Projects

Managing Projects

Task 1

The network diagram

Activity

Duration

Start Date

End Date

Proceedings

A

4 days

Wed 03/7/11

Mon 03/12/11

 

B

4 days

Tue 03/13/11

Fri 03/16/11

1

C

1 day

Tue 03/13/11

Tue 03/13/11

1

D

1 day

Tue 03/13/11

Tue 03/13/11

1

E

1 day

Tue 03/13/11

Tue 03/13/11

1

F

5 days

Mon 03/19/11

Fri 03/23/11

2,3,4,5

G

6 days

Mon 03/26/11

Mon 11/2/11

6

H

2 days

Mon 03/26/11

Tue 03/27/11

6

I

2 days

Mon 03/26/11

Tue 03/27/11

6

J

7 days

Tue 04/3/11

Wed 04/11/11

7,8,9

K

6 days

Thu 04/12/11

Thu 04/19/11

10

L

3 days

Thu 04/12/11

Mon 04/16/11

10

M

2 days

Thu 04/12/11

Fri 04/13/11

10

N

8 days

Fri 04/20/11

Tue 05/1/11

11,12,13

O

10 days

Wed 04/2/11

Tue 05/15/11

14

P

2 days

Wed 04/2/11

Thu 05/3/11

14

Q

10 days

Wed 04/16/11

Tue 05/29/11

15,16

R

10 days

Wed 04/30/11

Tue 05/12/11

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iming of Activities and Total Float Calculation

D = Duration

ES = Earliest Start Earliest final look moment of originally event

EF =Earliest Finish EF = ES + D

LS =Latest Start LS = LF - D

LF =Latest Finish LF = LS + D = Latest begin moment of chasing event

TF=Total Float TF = LF - EF = LS - ES

FF =Free Float FF = ES (following activity) - EF (this activity)

TF =Time activities' begin or final look can be delayed without delaying Endeavour completion.

FF =Time single activity's final look can be delayed without delaying the ES for a chasing activity.

 

Project Duration and the Critical Path

Steps within CPM Project Planning

   1. Specify the person activities.

   2. Determine the series of those activities.

   3. Draw a network diagram.

   4. Estimate the completion moment for each activity.

   5. Identify the severe route (longest route across the network)

   6. Update the CPM figure as the attempt progresses.

 

Specify the Individual Activities

From the labor decay blueprint, a registering can be graded of everybody the actions within the project. This registering can be accustomed as the cornerstone for adding series and duration knowledge within subsequent steps.

 

Determine the Sequence of the Activities

Some actions are conditional onto the completion of others. A registering of the latest predecessors of each action is practical for manufacturing the CPM network diagram.

 

Draw the Network Diagram

Once the actions and their sequencing possess been defined, the CPM figure can be drawn. CPM originally was designed as an action onto node (AON) network, but several attempt planners prefer towards qualify the actions onto the arcs.

 

Estimate Activity Completion Time

The moment needed towards accomplish each action can be guessed employing beyond experience or the guesses of knowledgeable persons. CPM is a deterministic theory that does not rob into fund pronouncement variation within the completion moment, so merely one figure is accustomed for an activity's moment estimate.

 

Identify the Critical Path

The severe route is the longest-duration route across the network. The implication of the severe route is that the actions that lie onto it cannot be delayed without delaying the project. Because of its impact onto the complete attempt, severe route analysis is an significant criterion of attempt planning.

The severe route can be diagnosed via determining the chasing four parameters for each activity:

ES - earliest begin time: the earliest moment at which the action can begin granted that its precedent actions ought be ceased first.

EF - earliest final look moment, allied towards the earliest begin moment for the action plus the moment needed concluding the activity.

LF - recent final look time: the recent moment at which the action can be ceased without delaying the ...