PRJ: What is PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique) (43616)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Project 98 for Windows
  • Microsoft Project for Windows 1.0
  • Microsoft Project for Windows 3.0
  • Microsoft Project for Windows 3.0a
  • Microsoft Project for Windows 4.0
  • Microsoft Project for Windows 95 4.1
  • Microsoft Project for Windows 95 4.1a
  • Microsoft Project for the Macintosh 1.1
  • Microsoft Project for the Macintosh 3.0
  • Microsoft Project for the Macintosh 4.0
This article was previously published under Q43616

SUMMARY

PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique) is an event-oriented method of controlling large- and small-scale projects. "Event- oriented" means that events are represented as nodes or boxes, defined and connected to show relationships. In the following theoretical PERT chart, the lines represent the dependencies between each event: 
*********          *********
* Event *----------* Event *------------------------\ 
* 10    *          * 20    *                         \ 
*********          *********                          \ 
         \                                          *********
          \                                         * Event *
           \                                        * 50    *
            \                                       *********
        *********                     *********       |
        * Event *---------------------* Event *-------|
        * 40    *                     * 30    *
        *********                     *********
Microsoft Project has the capability to display PERT Charts for tasks. Additional entries may be created by dragging nodes into an open space or by click Insert on the Edit menu and entering the correct information in the fields within the new node.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/25/2003
Keywords:kbinfo kbusage KB43616
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