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2. Schedule (project management) - Wikipedia

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   The project schedule is a calendar that links the tasks to be done with the resources that will do them. It is the core of the project plan used to show the organization how the work will be done, commit people to the project, determine resource needs, and used as a kind of checklist to make sure that every task necessary is performed.

3. Precedence diagram method - Wikipedia

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   The precedence diagram method (PDM) is a tool for scheduling activities in a project plan. It is a method of constructing a project schedule network diagram that uses boxes, referred to as nodes, to represent activities and connects them with arrows that show the dependencies. It is also called the activity-on-node (AON) method.

4. Johnson's rule - Wikipedia

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   In operations research, Johnson's rule is a method of scheduling jobs in two work centers. Its primary objective is to find an optimal sequence of jobs to reduce makespan (the total amount of time it takes to complete all jobs). It also reduces the amount of idle time between the two work centers. The method minimizes the makespan in the case ...

5. Critical path method - Wikipedia

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   A schedule generated using the critical path techniques often is not realized precisely, as estimations are used to calculate times: if one mistake is made, the results of the analysis may change. This could cause an upset in the implementation of a project if the estimates are blindly believed, and if changes are not addressed promptly.

6. Glossary of project management - Wikipedia

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   Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) : The sum of knowledge within the profession of project management that is standardized by ISO. [ 6 ] Project management office : The Project management office in a business or professional enterprise is the department or group that defines and maintains the standards of process, generally related to ...

7. Program evaluation and review technique - Wikipedia

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   The program evaluation and review technique (PERT) is a statistical tool used in project management, which was designed to analyze and represent the tasks involved in completing a given project. PERT was originally developed by Charles E. Clark for the United States Navy in 1958; it is commonly used in conjunction with the Critical Path Method ...