1. Objectives 4 Understand the basic concepts of project planning and control 4 Explain PERT and Timeline (Gantt) charts

2. Project planning Project planning means that the project manager must understand clearly what needs to be done i.e. the various activities involved, the costs involved and the time that will be taken for the completion of the project.

3. Project control Project control is the actual monitoring job when the actual time taken and actual costs are compared with the estimates..

4. Preliminary activities 4 define the scope and purpose of the project 4 identify individual tasks and their estimated duration 4 determine any special information like a specially scheduled starting date for a particular activity or task

5. PERT 4 Also called CPM or network analysis 4 aim is to monitor the progress of projects so that they are completed within the targeted time frame and help in allocation of resources like material, equipment and labor.

6. Stages of network analysis 4 Network preparation - this is the preliminary activity. The logical relationships between the activities are understood and the actual network diagram is drawn. 4 Network analysis - identify critical tasks and generate analysis reports

7. Drawing a network Event representing the start or end of an activity Individual task in the project

8. Network terminology 4 Dummy activity - imaginary activity with no duration 4 Critical path - path of minimum duration 4 Total float - margin available for an activity before it becomes critical

9. Network analysis 4 Time 4 Resources 4 Cost