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Level 6 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Network Analysis Techniques

LSC604 · Project Management — Week 4 of 16

CourseLSC604
Week4 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Network Analysis Techniques

  1. Activity-on-Node (AON) diagrams
  2. Activity-on-Arrow (AOA)
  3. Precedence diagramming method (PDM)
  4. Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
  5. Lec 52- PERT and CPM
  6. Lec 53- PERT and Crashing

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Analyse the network techniques of analysis.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the network techniques of analysis.

Study materials

Videos

  • Network (Critical Path) Analysis | A-Level & IB Business · YouTube · tutor2u · 11 min · for registered students
  • Network Analysis - Delays and Changes | A-Level & IB Business · YouTube · tutor2u · 9 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • MIT OCW ESD.36 System Project Management (Fall 2012), Probabilistic scheduling (PERT) · PDF · MIT OpenCourseWare, slides · for registered students
  • MIT OCW ESD.36 System Project Management (Fall 2012), Critical path method · PDF · MIT OpenCourseWare, slides · for registered students
  • MIT ESD.36 System Project Management (Fall 2012) · Reading · MIT OpenCourseWare, course · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Role of Project Management
  • Week 2: Project Planning Tools and Methodologies
  • Week 3: Technical Feasibility and Location Selection
  • Week 4: Network Analysis Techniques
  • Week 5: Critical Path Method and Schedule Optimization
  • Week 6: Capital Structure and Conventional Project Financing
  • Week 7: Contemporary and Alternative Project Finance
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Project Execution, Monitoring, and Control
  • Week 10: Risk Monitoring and Quality Governance
  • Week 11: Project Closure and Post-Implementation Evaluation
  • Week 12: Applying Project Management in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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