GMS 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Palm Jumeirah, Work Breakdown Structure, Union Station (Toronto)
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Learning objectives: use a gantt chart for scheduling, draw aoa and aon networks, complete forward and backward passes for a project, determine a critical path, calculate the variance of activity times, crash a project. Ellisdon projects: project manager for the property development of the palm jumeirah project, dubai, Increased expansion at the calgary airport: union station (toronto) renovation and expansion, designer-builder for the halifax 4-pad arena, construction manager for george brown college"s waterfront campus. Such efforts often require a significant amount of planning and control. Techniques and concepts introduced in this chapter, along with software such as. Project characteristics: start and finish, many related activities, difficult planning, inventory control, supply chain, different types of personnel resources, many types of equipment and labour. Information system implementations: construction of buildings, roads, bridges, research projects, wedding planning, trip planning. Improvement projects: projects can vary in size and complexity as well as type.