PERT/CPM and Supplementary Analytical Techniques. An Analysis of Aerospace Usage

Abstract

The rapid pace of technological progress in the last 75 years has caused the development of a number of new management tools, but perhaps the most controversial of these is network based management. Two closely related methods exist, the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) and the Critical Path Method (CPM). These methods are often spoken of today as one, called PERT/CPM. Two important analytical techniques often used with PERT/CPM are Cost Duration Analysis (CDA) and Critical Resource Analysis (CRA). PERT, CPM, CDA, and CRA have gone through many changes since they were developed in the late 1950's, and the current theoretical and mathematical approaches to them can be quite complex. This theory tends to dominate published material in the network management field, there being little documentation of practical applications of PERT/CPM. This disparity was investigated in the aerospace industry in this thesis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA065902

Entities

People

  • Lawrence J. Klementowski

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Industry
  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Engineers
  • Heuristic Methods
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Linear Programming
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Military Acquisition
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Management
  • War Colleges

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  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space