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Deepak Mehta, Lovely Professional University Unit 8: Network Planning Model

Unit 8: Network Planning Model Notes

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction

8.1 Network Planning Model
8.1.1 Benefits to Network-based Scheduling
8.2 Building the Network Diagram using the Precedence Diagramming Method

8.2.1 Dependencies
8.2.2 Constraints
8.2.3 Using the Lag Variable
8.2.4 Creating an Initial Project Network Schedule
8.3 Analyzing the Initial Project Network Diagram

8.3.1 Compressing the Schedule
8.4 Management Reserve
8.5 Time Dimension

8.6 Summary
8.7 Keywords
8.8 Review Questions
8.9 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:

 Determine task relationships
 Construct a network representation of the project activities

 Describe the types of activity dependencies
 Recognize the types of constraints that create activity sequences
 Compute the Earliest Start (ES), Earliest Finish (EF), Latest Start (LS), and Latest Finish (LF)
 Explain lag variables and their uses
 Identify the critical path in the project

 Define free slack and total slack and know their significance
 Analyze the network for possible schedule compression
 Use advanced network dependency relationships for improving the project schedule

 Understand and apply management reserve

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