Project Planning and Scheduling

Called ______ because activities are noted on the arrow.

Activity-on-arrow (AON)

Called _____ because activities is notated on the node. Also called presedence diagraming is the method of choice for most of the industry.

Activity-on-mode

These activities are mostly associated with contract administration tasks such as permitting, submittals, inspections, and testing.

Adminstrative activites

The longest path through a network diagram schedule and includes those activities that have zero days of float. The _____ determines the overall project duration.

Critical Path

The ____ is the most common type of schedule used in the commercial, civil, and indestrial cinstruction industry today.

Critical Path Method

______ break major work activities down into smaller tasks so the schedule can be analyzed in greater detail.

Detailed

_____ for individuals activities can be determined after the backward pass calculations are complete.

Float Calculations

___is a type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule. It illustrates the start and finish dates of the various activities of a project.

Gantt Charts

___ is any portion of a summary or detailed schedule broken down into even finer detail.

Mini-schedules

A common tyoe of construction schedule, also called the critical path method (CPM) which depicts a cintinous chain of activities. There are two types of _____ activity-on-arrow (AOA) and activity-on-node (AON).

Network Diagrams

Thia is where we begin to consider and define the relationships among the various activities.The order in which activities are sequence in the network diagram relative to their interdependence relationships. Nothig more thatn a work plan.

Network Logic

A Graphic presentation of a chedule depicting project activities on a node with an aroow that deoicts the deoendencies that exist between the activities.

Precedence Diagraming

A graphic presentation of a schedule depicting project activities on a node with an arrow that depicts the dependencies that exist between the activities.

Precedence diagramming

These activities are primarily associated with obtaining material and equipment for the project. They can be some of the most crucial activities in the schedule and, if not proproperly considered, can couse major delays on the project.

Procurement Activities

These activities identify tasks that are associated with the physical building of the project, such as puring concrete foundations, erecting structural steel, or hanging acoustic ceiling.

Production Activities

___also called look-ahead schedules. are developed by superintents and trade foremen to coordinateactivities and manage the work flow over a relatively short period of time (2-4 weeks), usually two to four week intervals. They are often hand drawn and are distributed to the specific trades invloved. They basicaly act like an individual work plan for the work crews on site.

Short-Interval Schedules

Tp keep track of activities that support work, delivery, submittal and inspections.

Special Purpose Schedules.

____ group activities under broader headings such as mobilization, site work, foundation, rough framing. They are most often used for management reports and presentations where it is important to convey the overall plan and status of the work but not necessarily all of the details of the plan.

Summary Schedules

The purpose of _____ is to organize and identify the work of the project by breaking each division into separate work packages, assembled aroundthe work activities typically performed by a single trade subcontractor or group work.

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)