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Barchart - For CPM

The document discusses activities, projects, and bar charts for project scheduling. It defines an activity as a task with a beginning and end that uses time and resources. A project is a set of activities with defined objectives, completion date, budget, and plans. The document introduces bar charts as a common type of written schedule that involves breaking a project into sequential activities and estimating their durations to display on a chart. It provides steps for creating a bar chart, examples, and how to identify the critical path of activities that determines the project completion date if they are delayed.

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Barchart - For CPM

The document discusses activities, projects, and bar charts for project scheduling. It defines an activity as a task with a beginning and end that uses time and resources. A project is a set of activities with defined objectives, completion date, budget, and plans. The document introduces bar charts as a common type of written schedule that involves breaking a project into sequential activities and estimating their durations to display on a chart. It provides steps for creating a bar chart, examples, and how to identify the critical path of activities that determines the project completion date if they are delayed.

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What is Activity

An activity or task is a given kind and


amount of work which:

Consumes time
Consumes Resources
has a definable beginning and ending
Fixing False Sealing
3 men x 30 days
3000 board type

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Start time
End time

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What is Project
A project is a set of activities with

A well-defined objective(s)
A target completion date
An estimated budget
Plans &
Specifications

Required
Product
Project
Management

Given

Limited
Resources

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Project
Objectives
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Desired
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Type of Schedule
Written Schedule
Gantt Chart (Bar Chart)
CPM Schedules (Critical Path Method)

Activity on Arrow
Activity on Node AB

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5
A

PERT
30

X =36

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LSM (Linear Schedule Method)

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STEPS

Analyze the project and specify the basic approach


to be used.
Break the project down into a reasonable number of
activities to be scheduled.
Estimate the time required to perform each activity.
Place the activities in sequence of time, taking into
account the requirements that certain activities
must be performed sequentially.

Logical constrain
Resources constrain

If a completion date is specified, the diagram is


adjusted until this constraint is satisfied.

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Bar Chart
Example:

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Solution

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Alternative Solution
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B
C
D
E
F
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Bar Chart
Advantages of Bar Chart
Very Graphical
Easy to understand
Most widely used

Disadvantages of Bar Chart


Difficult to Update
Difficult to find the Critical Path
Difficult to setup and maintain a large project because
it is essentially a manual graphical procedure.

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How to identify the Critical path


in a Bar Chart
Types of a Project Activity
Critical Activity: if it is delayed, it will delay the
project.
Noncritical Activity: it may not delay the
project if its well managed.

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STEPS to identify the Critical Path

Start with the last Activity; Draw a vertical line


from the i Node of late Activity.
i

The activities whose j nodes touch the vertical


line, are Potential Critical Activity.
Draw a vertical line from the i node of the new
critical activity.
Proceed in this manner until you reach Day 0.

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Identify the Critical Path

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Class Work

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CW Solution

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