Advantages And Disadvantage Of Project Management

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2.3 ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE BY USING CPM 2.3.1 ADVANTAGE OF CPM APPLICATION The major of using technology that help discovering how companies are using CPM, the past theory stated the benefits obtained from CPM application. The theory in 1974 gave six different options for benefits including improved estimating, improved planning before work starts, improved project control after work starts, faster response to problems, improved communication among the work force, and cost savings (Kelleher,2004). Other than that, more benefits were added to the survey such as improved scheduling, helps train future project managers, positive psychological effects on employees, and time savings. This method can give more benefits including improved understanding …show more content…

The particular task can give big impact to the total time of project and enable to project managers manage a schedule for each task to effectively plan and specified the deadline to the project (Snavely K. 2015). When using CPM, Large companies are more likely than small or medium sized companies to use CPM because of its increased use in law. Large companies were more likely to obtain the listed benefits than medium and small companies except for a few cases such as positive problem effects on employees, time savings, and cost savings. CPM is more likely to have positive problem effects on employees in small companies than medium or large companies. Time savings and cost savings were obtained almost the same by large and small companies with medium companies lagging …show more content…

The use of CPM in time/cost trade-offs, resource levelling, and scheduling across multiple projects was becoming more popular. With the development of these extensions on CPM, contractors needed a computer to fully experience the benefits of CPM. Using CPM in a time/cost analysis is beneficial because if a project needs expediting, knowing which activities control the project duration is helpful. The use of CPM also helps with this analysis because the mistake of the activities occurs the critical path may change. The benefits of resource analysis as a tool to best use the means at the contractor’s disposal and gives information of cost savings when using CPM as a tool to schedule across multiple

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