Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Fifth Edition

10 Project Scheduling

Lagging, Crashing, and Activity Networks

Chapter Objectives

After completing this chapter, you should be able to:

1. 10.1 Apply lag relationships to project activities.

2. 10.2 Construct and comprehend Gantt charts.

3. 10.3 Recognize alternative means to accelerate projects, including their benefits and drawbacks.

4. 10.4 Develop activity networks using Activity-on-Arrow techniques.

5. 10.5 Understand some of the important controversies in the use of project networks.

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

1. Plan Schedule Management (PMBoK sec. 6.1)

2. Define Activities (PMBoK sec. 6.2)

3. Sequence Activities (PMBoK sec. 6.3)

4. Precedence Diagramming Method (PMBoK sec. 6.3.2.1)

5. Leads and Lags (PMBoK sec. 6.3.2.3) ...