Critical Path Analysis

By: Troy Gonsalves

MotivationThe typical reason for failure is poor

project-planningPoor planning can result in missed

deadlines, inflated costs, and a slow, unreliable system

Good management can not ensure project success but bad management usually results in project failure

OverviewTask DefinitionTask Integration MatrixPERT chartGantt chart

Task DefinitionProjectPlanning.pdf pages 1-8

Task Integration MatrixTutorial-Oct25.pdf Pages 4-5

PERTProgram Evaluation and Review

TechniqueTo construct the PERT chart we must:

Assign each task to a developer Specify the execution order of each

developer’s tasks

PERT SyntaxThe typical graphical syntax for PERT

charts results in confusing and often erroneous calculations

Refer to Pert.xls for a better graphical syntax

Gantt ChartsRefer to Gantt.xls

LinksPERT tutorial:

http://www.project-planning-tips.com/Project%20Planning%209.htm

PERT and Gantt examples http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au/la/it/ipmnotes/ganttpert/