Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Fifth Edition

9 Project Scheduling

Networks, Duration Estimation, and Critical Path

Chapter Objectives

After completing this chapter, you should be able to:

1. 9.1 Understand the importance of project scheduling techniques.

2. 9.2 Understand and apply key scheduling terminology.

3. 9.3 Develop an activity network using Activity-on-Node (AON) technique.

4. 9.4 Perform activity duration estimation based on the use of probabilistic estimating techniques.

5. 9.5 Construct the critical path for a project schedule network using forward and backward passes, determine project slack, and calculate the probability of finishing on time.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE CORE CONCEPTS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:

1. Plan Schedule Management (PMBoK sec. 6.1)

2. Define Activities (PMBoK sec. ...