11.1 PERT/CPM
Almost any large project can be subdivided into a series of smaller activities or tasks that can be analyzed with PERT/CPM. When you recognize that projects can have thousands of specific activities, you see why it is important to be able to answer questions such as the following:
When will the entire project be completed?
What are the critical activities or tasks in the project—that is, the ones that will delay the entire project if they are late?
Which are the noncritical activities—that is, the ones that can run late without delaying the entire project’s completion?
If there are three time estimates, what is the probability that the project will be completed by a specific date?
At any particular ...
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