1. Critical Path Analysis By: Troy Gonsalves

2. Motivation  The typical reason for failure is poor project-planning  Poor planning can result in missed deadlines, inflated costs, and a slow, unreliable system  Good management can not ensure project success but bad management usually results in project failure

3. Overview  Task Definition  Task Integration Matrix  PERT chart  Gantt chart

4. Task Definition  ProjectPlanning.pdf pages 1-8

5. Task Integration Matrix  Tutorial-Oct25.pdf Pages 4-5

6. PERT  Program Evaluation and Review Technique  To construct the PERT chart we must:  Assign each task to a developer  Specify the execution order of each developer’s tasks

7. PERT Syntax  The typical graphical syntax for PERT charts results in confusing and often erroneous calculations  Refer to Pert.xls for a better graphical syntax

8. Gantt Charts  Refer to Gantt.xls

9. Links  PERT tutorial: http://www.project-planning- tips.com/Project%20Planning%209.htm http://www.project-planning- tips.com/Project%20Planning%209.htm  PERT and Gantt examples http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au/la/it/i pmnotes/ganttpert/ http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au/la/it/i pmnotes/ganttpert/