Scheduling is essential to a project's success. Forming a network activity with a visual depiction helps the team understand the relationships of tasks in a project. Two of the most common charts used in project management are the Gantt and PERT charts. The purpose of these charts is to assist with project scheduling and illustrate task dependencies. Another tool that can be used is the critical path method (CPM).
1. Research and define PERT, CPM, and Gantt relative to project planning, scheduling, and control.
2. Respond to the following:
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of each technique in project management?
- How do these techniques assist in monitoring and controlling the project activity?
- Prepare a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for your project by first identifying each deliverable required for a project. Use a simple example project of your choosing. Then, for each deliverable, identify the activities that must be completed to produce that deliverable. Based on your knowledge of your anticipated resources you will have to do the work of the activities, estimate the duration of the activities.