Learning Goals in Review

Learning Goal

Guidelines for Review

MyLab Operations Management Resources

  1. Explain the major activities associated with defining and organizing a project.

Read the opener to the chapter, which shows the four major phases of the project to build the Burj Khalifa tower, the introduction to the chapter, and the section “Defining and Organizing Projects,” pp. 247248.

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  1. Describe the procedure for constructing a project network.

Focus on the section “Constructing Project Networks,” pp. 248251, paying close attention to Example 7.1.

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  1. Develop the schedule of a project.

Review the section “Developing the Project Schedule,” pp. 251255. The schedule is determined ...

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