Large, complex business projects require thousands of separate activities and can cost millions of dollars. With such high stakes, managing these projects poses a challenge to any large organization.

(This material is not covered in Fraser, Bernhardt and Jewkes. A good reference text is Hillier and Lieberman, ``Introduction to Operations Research'', published by Holden-Day; the fourth edition of ...

The critical path method (CPM) is the scheduling method upon which most new product development schedules are based. It was developed in 1957 by DuPont to assist in managing a series of well-scripted, ...

A-0-A activity-on-arrow - a network diagram convention in which arrows designate activities. A-0-N activity-on-node- a network diagram convention in which nodes designate activities. Activities - ...

A project is performed over a limited duration within which it must be completed to the required costs and quality standards. There is always a need for project managers to schedule activities in such ...