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Worksheet 20. Project Gantt/Milestone Chart (Freehand Drawing Format)

Project Name Chart Creator Date Created
Period
Comment
Covered

Network Diagrams
A project network diagram shows both the project logic and the project’s critical path
activities, i.e., those activities that, if not completed on schedule, will cause the project to
miss its due date.

PERT- and CPM-Type Project Management Systems
Although useful, Gantt charts and their derivatives provide limited project schedule
analysis capabilities. The successful management of large-scale projects requires more
rigorous planning, scheduling, and coordinating of numerous, interrelated activities. To
aid in these tasks, formal procedures based on the use of networks and network
techniques were developed beginning in the late 1950s.

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