Key Terms

1. An activity that finds all the late start and late finish times.
5. Planning charts used to schedule resources and to allocate time.
6. A process that identifies all the early times,
8. The "worst" activity time that could be expected in a PERT network.
9. A project management technique that uses only one time factor per activity.
11. Shortening activity time in a network to reduce time on the critical path so total completion time is reduced
14. A hierarchical description of a project into more and more detailed components.
15. A network diagram in which arrows designate activities,
16. The computed longest time path(s) through a network.
17. A network diagram in which nodes designate activities.

2. A process that helps determine project schedule.
3. A project management technique that employs three time estimates for each activity.
4. Free time for an activity
7. The most probable time to complete an activity in a PERT network.
10. An organization formed to ensure that programs receive the proper management and attention.
12. The "best" activity completion time that could be obtained in a PERT network.
13. An activity having no time that is inserted into a network to maintain the logic of the network.