Questions from General Operations Management

Q: What are the three phases involved in the management of a large

What are the three phases involved in the management of a large project?

Q: Define work breakdown structure. How is it used?

Define work breakdown structure. How is it used?

Q: What is the difference between an activity-on-arrow (

What is the difference between an activity-on-arrow (AOA) network and an activity-on-node (AON) network? Which is primarily used in this chapter?

Q: What is the significance of the critical path?

What is the significance of the critical path?

Q: Refer to Problems 1.12 and 1.13.

Refer to Problems 1.12 and 1.13. Problem 1.12: Charles Lackey operates a bakery in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Because of its excellent product and excellent location, demand has increased by 25% in the la...

Q: What would a project manager have to do to crash an activity

What would a project manager have to do to crash an activity?

Q: Students are sometimes confused by the concept of critical path, and

Students are sometimes confused by the concept of critical path, and want to believe that it is the shortest path through a network. Convincingly explain why this is not so.

Q: Would a project manager ever consider crashing a noncritical activity in a

Would a project manager ever consider crashing a noncritical activity in a project network? Explain convincingly.

Q: How the variance of the total project is computed in PERT?

How the variance of the total project is computed in PERT?

Q: Name some of the widely used project management software programs.

Name some of the widely used project management software programs.