Project Management

PERT Chart

• Stands for Program Evaluation & Review Technique;

• Used to plan and control projects;

• Shows the tasks involved in the project, the sequence of tasks, and the time required to complete each task;

• Shows the critical path of the project (the longest path of tasks that must be completed to finish the project);

PERT Chart

WBS Chart

• Stands for Work Breakdown Structure;

• Shows the hierarchy of the project tasks;

• Shows the relationship between the tasks;

• Shows the dependencies between the tasks.

WBS Chart

References

• Philippe Tissot [e-mail]