1. Network Logic Diagram
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2. Start with a WBS
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3. Tie Activities Together by Dependencies
Buy Bread
Butter and Garlic
Heat
Start
Buy pasta
Boil
End
Buy Lettuce
Wash Letttuce
Add Dressing
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4. Tie Activities Together by Dependencies
Buy Bread
Buy Butter
Butter and Garlic
Heat
Buy Garlic
Start
Buy pasta
Boil
End
Buy Lettuce
Wash Letttuce
Add Dressing
Buy Dressing
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5. Advice Use Hard Dependencies; avoid soft ones
Assume unlimited resources
You may need to redesign activities (add, combine, or split), but start with the ones that are there
Adding "gathering" points can be useful (meetings, reviews, etc.) but be careful, they also affect scheduling.
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6. An Exercise
In groups, take the WBS for a breakfast (coffee and juice) and lay out the network logic diagram for it.
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7. Breakfast Project
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8. Breakfast Network Logic Diagram
Get Glass
Pour Juice
Put Glass with
Juice on Table
Get Juice from Fridge
Start
End
Get Coffee
from Fridge
Put Coffee in Pot
Brew Coffee
Get Coffee Pot
Fill Pot with Water
Pour Coffee
Put Cup with
Coffee on Table
Get Cup from Cabinet
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9. Network Logic Diagram: An Exercise
As a group, for 20 minutes
Take your project WBS.
Construct a network logic diagram.
As a group, for 5 minutes
Collect the "lessons learned" in constructing the network logic diagram.
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