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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks for your great PM resources ….
But wait there is more<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Are dummy tasks an optional feature of
Pert? If not why are there no dummy on the Pert Practise<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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Meadows, Roslyn M [mailto:Meadows.Roslyn.M@edumail.vic.gov.au] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, 21 July 2005 2:53
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Year
12 Information Technology Processing and Management Teachers' Mailing List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Year 12 IPM] More
Gantt / Pert Chart terminology</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#800040" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#800040'>Absolutely beautiful Mark - but you
forgot the following activities between Load Car and Drive</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 color="#800040"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#800040'>Dad
can't find car keys so goes to look for them (10 minutes)</span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 color="#800040"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#800040'>Load
Dad into car</span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 color="#800040"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#800040'>Son
realises he has forgotten his iPod and goes back to his room to get it (5
mins)</span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 color="#800040"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#800040'>Load
son into car</span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 color="#800040"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#800040'>Meanwhile
Mum realises she will never make the 25 minute drive unless she uses the
bathroom first (another 5 minutes)</span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
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<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 color="#800040"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#800040'>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)</span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
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<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 color="#800040"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#800040'>Load
Mum (now relieved) into car</span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
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<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 color="#800040"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#800040'>Load
Dad (who is by now sweating profusely and needs another shower) into the
car</span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
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<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 color="#800040"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#800040'>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)</span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
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<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 color="#800040"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#800040'>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!</span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
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<p><font size=2 color="#800040" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:#800040'>Questions - What is the total critical task duration now?
Am I the only one who has days like this?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color="#800040" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:#800040'>Sorry - my dismal attempt to match Mark's humour.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#800040" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#800040'>Cheers</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=maroon face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:maroon'>Ros Meadows</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
color=maroon face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:maroon'>Bentleigh</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 color=maroon><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:maroon'> <st1:State
w:st="on">SC</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=maroon face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:maroon'>9579 1044</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a href="mailto:meadows.roslyn.m@edumail.vic.gov.au">meadows.roslyn.m@edumail.vic.gov.au</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=maroon face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:maroon'>"Furious activity is no substitute
for understanding." <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>H. H. Williams</span></b></span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au on behalf of Mark Kelly<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thu 7/21/2005 2:21 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Year 12 Information Technology
Processing and Management Teachers'Mailing List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Year 12 IPM] More
Gantt / Pert Chart terminology</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Murray O.</span></font></st1:PersonName><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> wrote:<br>
> Does anyone have an opinion on dotted lines on a Pert?<br>
><br>
> Are they:<br>
> 1. a join? See Potts p137<br>
> 2. used to display slack time?<br>
><br>
><br>
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Dummy tasks are shown on a new page I've put up today at<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au/la/it/ipmnotes/ganttpert/buffalo-pert.htm">http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au/la/it/ipmnotes/ganttpert/buffalo-pert.htm</a><br>
<br>
Moo.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Mark Kelly<br>
Manager - Information Systems<br>
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