The current PERT definition is "Program Evaluation and Review Technique." Created by the United States Navy after World War II, PERT has become a popular management strategy for handling large-scale, ...

The Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) is a widely used method for planning and coordinating large-scale projects. As Harold Kerzner explained in his book Project Management, “PERT is ...

(This material is not covered in Fraser, Bernhardt and Jewkes. A good reference text is Hillier and Lieberman, ``Introduction to Operations Research'', published by Holden-Day; the fourth edition of ...

Planning a large-scale project can intimidate even veteran managers. Juggling multiple team members' schedules, setting achievable deadlines and identifying which tasks have to be done and which can ...