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11.4 Other Topics in Project Management

We have seen how to schedule a project and develop budget schedules. However, there are other things that are important and helpful to a project manager. We now briefly introduce these.

Subprojects

For extremely large projects, an activity may be made up of several smaller subactivities. Each activity might be viewed as a smaller project or a subproject of the original project. The person in charge of the activity might wish to create a PERT/CPM chart for managing this subproject. Many software packages have the ability to include several levels of subprojects.

Milestones

Major events in a project are often referred to as milestones. These are often reflected in Gantt charts and PERT charts to highlight ...