Introduction
- Environmental issues
- Distinguishing planning and scheduling
- Planning time frame
- Matrix charts
- Tabular planning
- Bar charts
- Line of balance charts
Network Analysis, Logic Diagrams and the Critical Path
- Network notation systems
- Critical path analysis and arrow diagrams
- Critical path analysis and precedence notation
- PERT
- Network notation
Network Analysis in Practice
- Developing network logic
- Level of detail in network planning
- Interface activities and events
- Milestones
- Estimating activity durations
- Network analysis as a management tool
Scheduling Resources – Principles
- Resource scheduling
- Network analysis
- Float
- Fundamental priority rules
- Elements of a practicable schedule
Scheduling Resources in Practice
- Choice of labour resources
- Choice of resource units
- Rate-constant and non-rate-constant
- Specifying departmental resource availability levels
- Calendars
- Scheduling labour costs
- Scheduling material costs
- Scheduling cash flow
- Seven steps of project resource scheduling
- Corporate context
Example Candidate Response Booklet
Example Candidate Response (ECR) Booklets are a source of crucial information for Centres and Candidates as they use real candidate responses. We ask Senior Examiners to comment on five or more responses in terms of why the mark was awarded with commentary about how to improve the answer (if necessary).
