What You Always Felt You Should Know About PERT, But Were Afraid to Find Out PERT
- Author(s):
- Wagner, Andrew R.
- Publication Year:
- 1973
- Report Number:
- RM-73-15
- Source:
- ETS Research Memorandum
- Document Type:
- Report
- Page Count:
- 10
- Subject/Key Words:
- Evaluation Methods, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation, Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), Review (Reexamination), Scheduling
Abstract
PERT, acronym for Project Evaluation and Review Technique, is defined and described. The paper explains 1) how a PERT analysis is developed; 2) how to visually represent the stages, and the time and resources required for each, on index cards and flowcharts; 3) how to use a computer to estimate time required; 4) how PERT output is used; 5) how to eliminate negative slack time in a project; 6) how PERT is used to monitor a project; and 7) how a project manager can get everyone to comply with the PERT schedule.
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