Integrated Project Management Sourcebook : A Technical Guide to Project Scheduling, Risk and Control

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Welcome to PM Knowledge Center -- ORASTalks -- ProTrack -- Business Game -- Bookstore -- P2 Engine -- Research -- Part I Baseline Scheduling -- 2 Preface -- BS1: An Introduction to Baseline Scheduling -- Network Analysis -- Resource Analysis -- Scheduling Techniques -- 3 Network Analysis -- BS2: Activity Networks -- Activity-on-the-Node (AoN) -- Activity-on-the-Arc (AoA) -- Comparison -- Questions -- BS3: Precedence Relations -- Time-Lag -- Types of Activity Link -- Minimal/Maximal -- Questions -- BS4: Minimal and Maximal Time-Lags -- Minimal Time-Lag Transformations -- Minimal and Maximal Time-Lag Equivalence -- Questions -- BS5: Activity Constraints -- Constraint Types -- Constraint Hardness -- Switching from Constraint Hardness -- Questions -- 4 Resource Analysis -- BS6: Resource Types -- Renewable Resources -- Consumable Resources -- Special Cases -- Questions -- BS7: Critical Path/Chain -- Critical Path -- Critical Chain -- Questions -- BS8: Linking Resources -- Resource Availability -- Resource Demand -- Resource Conflict -- Questions -- BS9: Activity Costs -- Activity Cost -- Resource Cost -- Total Cost -- Questions -- 5 Scheduling Techniques -- Critical Path Scheduling -- BS10: Activity Slack -- Earliest Start Schedule (ESS) -- Latest Start Schedule (LSS) -- Activity Slack -- Questions -- BS11: CPM -- Time/Cost Trade-Offs -- Scheduling Objectives -- Project Scheduling Game (PSG) -- Questions -- BS12: Slack Definitions -- Slack Calculations -- Total Slack -- Safety Slack -- Free Slack -- Questions -- BS13: Anomalies -- Questions -- BS14: The Project Scheduling Game -- Critical Path Method -- Game Settings -- Learning Objectives -- Questions -- BS15: PERT -- Activity Duration Estimates -- Activity Average and Variance -- The Average Critical Path -- The Central Limit Theorem.