Planning......a topic unscratched, i hope

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  moodyblueguitar

  rajcivil2k6

  Hi All,
  
  The term Planning holds good for any field, so i hereby initiate a general discussion to know and to share the idea behind "PLANNING", Experts please do share
  
  I hope the topic is new to CE.....if am wrong do correct...

  I would look up "project management." Some tools used for planning Gantt charts and Product Development Specifications (PDS).
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  ISHAN TOPRE

  There are some terms related to planning like CPM and PERT.I think they make planning a lot easier.
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  maria flor

  Planning activities undertaken at various level are as follows:
  1. Top Management Level-Strategic Planning
  2. Middle Management Level- Intermediate Planning
  3. Lower Management Level- Operational Planning
  
  Planning process involves:
  1. setting organizational, divisional or unit goals
  2. developing strategies or tactics to reach those goals
  3. determining resources needed
  4. setting standards
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  rajcivil2k6

  That's great people are aware.......
  
  

  moodyblueguitar

  I would look up "project management." Some tools used for planning Gantt charts and Product Development Specifications (PDS).

  Project Management : I would define it as the process of selecting the simple methodology (complying project specifications) and to guide the project goals in terms of time and cost.
  
  
  

  ishutopre

  There are some terms related to planning like CPM and PERT.I think they make planning a lot easier.

  CPM: Critical Path Method
  
  This is the basic analysis used to identify the longest path traced by sequence of process/activities.
  
  PERT: Project/Program Evaluation Review Technique
  
  This tool is used to review the sequence of process and to reorient the process/activity to save time ( indirectly cost).
  
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  maria flor

  Planning activities undertaken at various level are as follows:
  1. Top Management Level-Strategic Planning
  2. Middle Management Level- Intermediate Planning
  3. Lower Management Level- Operational Planning
  
  Planning process involves:
  1. setting organizational, divisional or unit goals
  2. developing strategies or tactics to reach those goals
  3. determining resources needed
  4. setting standards

  That's Very briefing Maria, Cool.
  
  
  
  The two most popular tool assisting to do such analysis is Primavera & MS Project.
  
  PS: If am wrong at any point do correct.
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  maria flor

  As far as I know PERT( Program Evaluation Review Technique) is a technique which enables engineer managers to schedule, monitor and control large and complex projects by employing three time estimates for each activity while CPM( Critical path Method) is a little bit the same as PERT but CPM is a network technique and uses only one time factor per activity.
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  rajcivil2k6

  Good try Maria , We cant say it same.....
  
  1. CPM is activity oriented i.e. CPM network is built on the basis of activities. Also result
  Of carious calculation are considered in terms of activities of the project. On the other
  hand, PERT is event oriented.
  
  2. CPM is a deterministic model i.e. it dose not take into account the uncertainties
  Involved in the estimation of time for execution of a job or an activity. It completely
  Ignores the probabilistic element of the problem. PERT however is a probabilistic
  Model. It uses three estimates of the activity time- optimistic, pessimistic and most
  Likely with a view to take into account time uncertainty. This the expected duration of
  Each activity is probabilistic indicates that there is fifty percent probability of getting
  The job done within the time.
  
  3.CPM place dual emphasis on time and cost and evaluate the trade off between project
  Cost and project time. By deploying allows the project manager to manipulate project duration within certain limits so that project duration can be shortened to an optimal cost. On the other hand : PERT is primarily concerned with time. It helps the manager to schedule and co-ordinate various activities so that the project can be completed on schedule time.
  
  
  
  
  
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  ISHAN TOPRE

  So I think PERT is better isn't it?I think PERT was most probabily invented by US army.Correct me please.
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  rajcivil2k6

  ishutopre

  So I think PERT is better isn't it?I think PERT was most probabily invented by US army.Correct me please.

  
  I think the below link can give a better view, am not good at explanation 😔
  
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