Chapter IX
Planning—The Project Network Diagram Approach
Plans are nothing; planning is everything.
Dwight David Eisenhower
Sam now had an understanding of what had to be done. There was a work breakdown structure (WBS) of the major items that had to be delivered. He wondered, “How long will it take to do all this?”
It was now time to develop a road map. Sam had done some simple projects previously on which there was only one resource: Sam. To figure how long these projects would take required simply adding the times to perform each activity, one at a time. For this project, it would require 1,998 days. Sam realized that this would be unsatisfactory, as the project would hardly be completed before the next snow fell.
Sam was again feeling uncomfortable. ...
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