CPM – Critical Path, PERT – Three-Point Estimation
The sub-topic Network Planning Technique contains materials and calculation tools related to network planning.
It includes a mathematical description of the calculation tool and sets of exercises (two tasks for each of three difficulty levels).
Complex projects consist of many tasks (activities) that must be executed either in parallel or sequentially. Network planning addresses three key questions:
1. What is the minimum duration of the project?
2. Which tasks are critical—i.e., where a delay would extend the entire project?
3. Where are there buffer times that can be utilized flexibly?
Specifically, the following elements are covered:
- Basic concepts and definitions
- CPM algorithm
- PERT three-time estimate
- Example and interpretation
- Visualization
- Tool description