Program Evaluation and Review Technique
industrial engineering
Also known as: PERT
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management of research and development projects
- In research and development: PERT and CPM
PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique) was first used in the development of submarines capable of firing Polaris missiles. CPM (the Critical Path Method) was used to manage the annual maintenance work in an oil and chemical refinery. Many variations and extensions of the two original…
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use in defense expenditures
- In defense economics: Choosing weapon systems
One technique—called program evaluation and review technique (PERT)—found civilian applications after it was invented by the U.S. Navy to build Polaris on time and under budget. Similarly, earlier techniques such as cost–benefit analysis (invented to cope with submarine hunting problems during World War II) and input–output analysis…
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