[Year 12 IPM] More Gantt / Pert Chart terminology

[Mark Kelly]

Many thanks, Ros.

This sounds like another instalment of 'The Real IT World vs The IPM 
World' argument  :-)

I prefer to replace tasks 2 to 12 with "Hide head under pillow" (120 
minutes)

BTW - can anyone tell me how to do a dummy task in MS Project (2003)? 
It does not seem to have ever heard of dummy tasks.


Meadows, Roslyn M wrote:
> Absolutely beautiful Mark - but you forgot the following activities between Load Car and Drive
> 
> *	
> 	Dad can't find car keys so goes to look for them (10 minutes)
> *	
> 	Load Dad into car
> *	
> 	Son realises he has forgotten his iPod and goes back to his room to get it (5 mins)
> *	
> 	Load son into car
> *	
> 	Meanwhile Mum realises she will never make the 25 minute drive unless she uses the bathroom first (another 5 minutes)
> *	
> 	While Mum is gone the dog crawls through a hole under the fence and jumps into Mum's seat, Dad catches the dog, puts it back into the yard and finds an old bit of timber to block the hole (15 minutes)
> *	
> 	Load Mum (now relieved) into car
> *	
> 	Load Dad (who is by now sweating profusely and needs another shower) into the car
> *	
> 	Dad goes to back out of driveway only to realise he is blocked in by a truck delivering bricks for the next door neighbour's renovations (12.5 minutes)
> *	
> 	Drive to game only to be late, unable to find a park (perhaps they should have caught the train!), and only to realise that their entry tickets are still sitting on the kitchen bench!
> 
> Questions - What is the total critical task duration now? Am I the only one who has days like this?
> 
> Sorry - my dismal attempt to match Mark's humour.
> 
> Cheers
>  
> Ros Meadows
> Bentleigh SC
> 9579 1044
> meadows.roslyn.m at edumail.vic.gov.au
>  
> "Furious activity is no substitute for understanding." H. H. Williams 
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Mark Kelly
> Sent: Thu 7/21/2005 2:21 PM
> To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management Teachers'Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] More Gantt / Pert Chart terminology
> 
> 
> 
> Murray O. wrote:
> 
>>Does anyone have an opinion on dotted lines on a Pert?
>>
>>Are they:
>>1. a join? See Potts p137
>>2. used to display slack time?
>>
>>
> 
> 
> Dummy tasks are shown on a new page I've put up today at
> 
> http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au/la/it/ipmnotes/ganttpert/buffalo-pert.htm
> 
> Moo.
> 


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