The management of large projects requires analytical
tools for scheduling activities and allocating
resources. This note describes a set of tools that has
proven to be consistently valuable to project managers.
The tools are collectively known as the Project
Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) and the Critical
Path Method (CPM). This note describes the basic
concepts and calculations for project scheduling with
PERT/CPM. These include the construction of network
diagrams, the calculation of feasible project schedules,
determining the effect of uncertainty on project
schedules, and adjusting schedules to conform to time
and resource constraints. pdf
