Project planning techniques
Project planning techniques Programme evaluation review technique (PERT) A p rogramme evaluation review technique (PERT) chart is a visual graph depicting nodes which represent tasks or milestones in a project’s lifecycle and links between them to represent dependen cies. These links can be depicted concurrently to represent tasks that can occur at the same time. Critical path analysis Critical path analysis is a technique of analysing dependant tasks and calculating the total time to complete the project . This allows the project manager to see the shortest time that the project will take to complete (with no delays) . It will also show which tasks are critical to the project rather than tasks which may not be nec essary to successfully complete the project. Work breakdown structure A work breakdown structure is a visual graph used to break down a project into work packages. This al lows the project manager to vi...