Project management
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A project has defined start and end points and is made up of interrelated activities with a target completion date. A network diagram is used to represent the precedence relationships between all project activities, with each activity shown as an arrow and dependencies maintained. The network diagram is drawn by listing all activities with their immediate predecessors and durations.
Project management
- 2. Project A project has definite beginning and end points. A project can be broken down into a number of activities. A project has by a target completion date. A project is usually large and complex and has many interrelated activities. The execution of the project activities is always subjected to some uncertainties and risks.
- 3. Representation of a Project Gantt Chart Bar Chart Milestone Chart Network Diagram
- 8. Rules for Drawing Network Each activity is represented by one and only one arrow in the network. No two activities can be identified by the same end events Precedence relationships among all activities must always be maintained. Dummy activities can be used to maintain precedence relationships only when actually required. Their use should be minimized in the network diagram
- 10. Drawing the Network Diagram Activity A B C D E F G H I J K L M N Immdiate Predessor - - - A A B,E B,E C D,F D,F G,H G,H J,K L Duration 7 12 17 15 9 11 5 8 10 15 10 8 10 7
- 11. 10 20 40 50 70 90 30 60 80 B,17 A,7 C,12 H,11 G,8 F,5 D,9 I,15 J,10 K,10 M,10 L,8 N,7 E,15 Activity A B C D E F G H I J K L M N Immdiate Predessor - - - A A B,E B,E C D,F D,F G,H G,H J,K L Duration 7 17 12 9 15 5 8 11 15 10 10 8 10 7