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PERT Charts

PERT Charts. Prepared by: Michael Palazzo. What are PERT Charts?. PERT stands for Program Evaluation and Review Technique To understand what a PERT chart is, we must first learn the Critical Path Method (CPM). CPM. Developed as a network model for project management

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PERT Charts

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  1. PERT Charts Prepared by: Michael Palazzo

  2. What are PERT Charts? • PERT stands for Program Evaluation and Review Technique • To understand what a PERT chart is, we must first learn the Critical Path Method (CPM)

  3. CPM • Developed as a network model for project management • Uses a fixed time estimate for each activity • Easy to understand but does not account for time variations of activities

  4. What is PERT? • Developed in late 1950’s • A network model that allows for randomness in activity completion times • Has potential to reduce time and cost to complete a project

  5. Network Diagrams • PERT Charts use network diagrams • Activities and milestones of a project are represented by arcs and nodes on a model • PERT was originally Activity-on-Arc diagram • Some now use Activity-on-Node

  6. Arc vs. Node Activity-on-node network: Activity-on-arc network:

  7. Example of a PERT Chart

  8. 6 Steps • Identify • Determine Activity Sequence • Construct • Estimate • Determine Critical Path • Update

  9. Identify/Determine Activity Sequence • Identify Activities and Milestones: • Activities are tasks • Milestones mark beginning and end of activities • Determine Activity Sequence: • Sequence is evident for some • Others require more analysis

  10. Construct • Construct the Network Diagram: • Create diagram with activity sequence info • For activity-on-arc model, activities are arrowed lines and milestones are circles • Software exists to simplify this step

  11. Estimate • Estimate Activity Times: • Weeks are commonly used as unit of time • PERT is able to deal with uncertainty in activity completion times • Each activity in model includes three time estimates

  12. Estimate Continued… • Optimistic Time: • Shortest time activity can be completed • Most Likely Time: • Completion time with highest probability • Pessimistic Time: • Longest time the activity might require

  13. Determine Critical Path • Critical path is longest path in project • Determined by adding the times for activities in each sequence • By accelerating activities on critical path you decrease total project time

  14. Update • Update as Project Progresses: • Make adjustments to PERT chart as project continues • Resources may need to be added to stay on schedule if there are delays

  15. Benefits of PERT • Gives expected project completion time • Provides probability of completionbefore a date • Shows critical path activities

  16. Benefits Continued… • Provides activity start and end dates • Shows activities that have slack time

  17. Limitations of PERT • The activity time estimates are subjective • PERT assumes a beta distribution for its time estimates; actual distribution may be different

  18. Limitations Continued… • Consistently underestimates the expected project completion time • PERT assumes probability distribution of project completion time is same as critical path • If delayed, other paths can become critical path

  19. References • Pert Charts:http://www.netmba.com/operations/project/pert/ • More Information on CPM/CPA:http://www.mindtools.com/critpath.html • PERT Chart Images:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_Evaluation_and_Review_Techniquehttp://cpmtutor.com/c05/fp-dummies.htmlhttp://cnx.org/content/m32170/latest/

  20. Thank you for your attention!

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