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Chapter 9
Project Scheduling: PERT/CPM
9.1 Project Scheduling with Known Activity Times 9.2 Project Scheduling with Uncertain Activity
The Concept of a Critical Path Times
Determining the Critical Path The Daugherty Porta-Vac Project
Contributions of PERT/CPM Uncertain Activity Times
Summary of the PERT/CPM Critical Path The Critical Path
Procedure Variability in Project Completion Time
Gantt Charts 9.3 Considering Time–Cost Trade-Offs
Crashing Activity Times
Learning objectives By the end of this chapter you will be able to:
l Construct project networks for typical business problems
l Determine the critical path for a project network
l Undertake project scheduling with uncertain activity times
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