SAS/OR Software: Project Management Examples, Version 6, First Edition

Contents

• Example 1: Pool Project
• Features Illustrated in This Example
• Initial Project Information
• Initial Project Schedule
• Refining the Project Calendar
• Scheduling with Resource Requirements
• Adding Resource Constraints
• Comparing Resource Costs
• Example 2: Factory Expansion Project
• Features Illustrated in This Example
• Initial Project Information
• Displaying the Schedule on a Network
• Nonstandard Precedence Relationships
• Scheduling with Resource Requirements
• Limited (and Infeasible) Resources
• Supplementary Resources
• Alternate Resources
• Activity Splitting with Alternate Resources
• Creating a Resource-Specific Schedule
• Example 3: LAN Selection Project
• Features Illustrated in This Example
• Initial Project Information
• Scheduling Around Holidays
• Generating a Time-Scaled Network
• Scheduling Personnel Resources
• Analyzing Delaying Resources
• Activity Splitting
• Generating a Subproject Summary Schedule
• Example 4: Integrated Assembly Test Project
• Features Illustrated in This Example
• Initial Project Information
• Incorporating Date Constraints
• Adding Logic to a Gantt Chart
• Earned Value Analysis
• Example 5: Subdivision Construction Project
• Features Illustrated in This Example
• Initial Project Information
• Data for a Single House
• Scheduling Two Houses
• Prioritizing Activities
• Sequential Scheduling
• Prioritizing Resources
• Summary
• Example 6: Landfill Site Project
• Features Illustrated in This Example
• Initial Project Information
• Adding Actual Data
• Updating the Gantt Chart
• Creating a Timescaled Network
• Example 7: Pipeline Maintenance Project
• Features Illustrated in This Example
• Initial Project Information
• Initial Schedule and Cost Calculations
• Comparing Different Resource Levels
• Annotating a Gantt Chart
• PERT Assumptions and Calculations
• Calculating Completion Time Probabilities
• Example 8: Pharmaceutical Project
• Features Illustrated in This Example
• Initial Project Information
• Determining the Initial Schedule
• Generating Departmental Schedules
• Activity-on-Arc Format
• Example 9: Course Scheduling Project
• Features Illustrated in This Example
• Initial Project Information
• Creating Activity and Resource Data Sets
• Scheduling the Courses
• Displaying the Schedule Graphically
• Example 10: Software Development
• Project Features Illustrated in This Example
• Initial Project Information
• Establishing a Baseline Schedule
• Alternate Resources
• Creating a Time-Scaled Network
• Prioritizing by Subproject
• Maximizing Resource Utilization
• Activity Splitting