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    Project managers typically perform four key activities: planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting. Planning involves identifying tasks, durations, and costs. Scheduling creates timetables using charts like Gantt and PERT/CPM that show task dependencies and critical paths. Monitoring guides the team's work by tracking progress and taking corrective actions. Reporting provides regular updates to stakeholders on the project status. Other terms defined include task duration, work breakdown structure, and Gantt and PERT charts which are used for scheduling complex projects.

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    Project managers typically perform four key activities: planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting. Planning involves identifying tasks, durations, and costs. Scheduling creates timetables using charts like Gantt and PERT/CPM that show task dependencies and critical paths. Monitoring guides the team's work by tracking progress and taking corrective actions. Reporting provides regular updates to stakeholders on the project status. Other terms defined include task duration, work breakdown structure, and Gantt and PERT charts which are used for scheduling complex projects.

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    Project managers typically perform four key activities: planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting. Planning involves identifying tasks, durations, and costs. Scheduling creates timetables using charts like Gantt and PERT/CPM that show task dependencies and critical paths. Monitoring guides the team's work by tracking progress and taking corrective actions. Reporting provides regular updates to stakeholders on the project status. Other terms defined include task duration, work breakdown structure, and Gantt and PERT charts which are used for scheduling complex projects.

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    Project managers typically perform four key activities: planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting. Planning involves identifying tasks, durations, and costs. Scheduling creates timetables using charts like Gantt and PERT/CPM that show task dependencies and critical paths. Monitoring guides the team's work by tracking progress and taking corrective actions. Reporting provides regular updates to stakeholders on the project status. Other terms defined include task duration, work breakdown structure, and Gantt and PERT charts which are used for scheduling complex projects.

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    KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

    NAME: Musiimenta Linus


    ReG No: BIT/0002/152/DU
    Course: BIT
    Course unit: IT Project Management
    Faculty: Science and Technology
    Semester: 3.2
    Program: Weekend
    Lecturer: Dr. Kimwise Arone
    Question
    1. Outline and discuss the four activities performed by a project Manager.
    2. Write short notes on the following:
     A task
     A grant chart
     Pert
     Task during
     A work break down structure
    Project managers typically perform four activities, or functions: planning,
    scheduling, monitoring, and reporting.
    Project planning includes identifying all project tasks and estimating the
    completion time and cost of each.
    Project scheduling involves the creation of a specific timetable, usually in the
    form of charts that show tasks, task dependencies, and critical tasks that might
    delay the project. Scheduling also involves selecting and staffing the project
    team and assigning specific tasks to team members. Project scheduling uses
    Gantt charts and PERT/CPM charts, which are explained in the following
    sections.
    Project monitoring requires guiding, supervising, and coordinating the project
    team’s workload. The project manager must monitor the progress, evaluate the
    results, and take corrective action when necessary to control the project and
    stay on target.
    Project reporting includes regular progress reports to management, users, and
    the project team itself. Effective reporting requires strong communication skills
    and a sense of what others want and need to know about the project.
    TASK DURATION: The duration is the amount of time it will take to complete a
    task. All tasks must use the same time units, which can be hours, days, weeks,
    or months, depending on the project. An actual project starts on a specific
    date, but can also be measured from a point in time, such as Day 1.
    Tasks are basic units of work that the project manager plans, schedules, and
    monitors — so they should be relatively small and manageable.
    A work breakdown structure is one which identifies each task and includes an
    estimated duration.
    The Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT) was developed by the U.S.
    Navy to manage very complex projects, such as the construction of nuclear
    submarines. At approximately the same time, the Critical Path Method (CPM)
    was developed by private industry to meet similar project management needs.
    The distinction between the two methods has disappeared over time, and
    today the technique is called either PERT, CPM, or PERT/CPM.
    A Gantt chart is a horizontal bar chart that represents a set of tasks. For
    example, the Gantt chart in following Figure displays five tasks in a vertical
    array, with time shown on the horizontal axis

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