Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Duration Estimation,
and Critical Path
Chapter 9
9-1
Successors
Predecessors
Network diagram
Serial activities
Concurrent activities
Merge activities
Burst activities
Node
Path
Critical Path
B
D
C
9-2
Network Diagrams
Show
interdependence
Help
schedule
resources
Facilitate
communication
Determine project
completion
Show
start &
finish
dates
Identify
critical
activities
9-3
F
C
D
B
F
C
9-4
Node Labels
Early
Start
Activity
Float
Late
Start
ID
Number
Early
Finish
Activity Descriptor
Activity
Duration
Late
Finish
9-5
b a
Activity Variance =
a 4m b
Activity Duration = TE
6
9-6
--
15
13
16
19
14
18
22
Y, X
12
14
16
13
10
14
T, V
11
14
19
9-7
--
11
D, F
E, G
9-10
Laddering Activities
Project ABC can be completed more efficiently if
subtasks are used
A(3)
A1(1)
B(6)
A2(1)
B1(2)
Laddered
ABC=12 days
C(9)
ABC=18 days
A3(1)
B2(2)
C1(3)
B3(2)
C2(3)
C3(3)
9-11
Hammock Activities
Used as summaries for subsets of activities
0 A 5
5 B 15
15 C 18
0 5
5 10 15
15 3 18
0 Hammock 18
0
Useful with a complex
project or one that has
a shared budget
18
18
9-12
early tasks
longest tasks
easiest tasks
tasks that cost the least to speed up
9-13