Purpose of project organization

  • Give an example of a situation in which project management is needed.
  • Explain the purpose of project organization.
  • What are the three phases involved in the management of a large project?
  • What are some of the questions that can be answered with PERT and CPM?
  • Define work breakdown structure. How is it used?
  • What is the use of Gantt charts in project management?
  • What is the difference between an activity-on-arrow (AOA) network and an activity-on-node (AON) network? Which is primarily used in this chapter?
  • What is the significance of the critical path?
  • What would a project manager have to do to crash an activity?

Operations Management, 14/eby Jay Heizer, Barry Render, and Chuck Munson