Engineering project management techniques and their application to computer projects

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Engineering project management techniques and
their application to computer projects

• Carter, Clare and Thorogood
• Soft Eng Journal, Jan 87

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PERT

• Started in 1958
• US Navy, US Airforce (PEP) and Dupont (CPM)
• Hierarchical Set of diagrams

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Group Task

• Draw a PERT diagram for processing a batch of
  graduate applications
• Assume each subtask takes 1 unit of time per
  application. Assume that each category of
  applications has an equal amount.
• What is the critical path?
• Be ready to show solution on ELMO
• Turn in answer

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Questions

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