Final PERT SEMINAR
Final PERT SEMINAR
Final PERT SEMINAR
NURSING,
VISNAGAR
Date : / 12/2019
Time :
1. Overview
2. Definition
3. Concept and meaning
4. Component of PERT
5. PERT chart
6. Purpose of PERT
7. Step
8. Benefit
9. Uses
10. Advantages
11. Disadvantages
12. Limitation
OVERVIEW
DEFINITION
“PERT is a work model devised to complete the project work in time. It analyses the
actual work time required to complete a task.”
PERT is a very famous project model that has found its use in various professions,
including nursing.
This model helps in judging the time required in completing an activity .
Nurse administrators can use this model to delegate and assign the work schedule to the
nurses in a hospital.
It not only evidences the cost effectiveness of nursing care but also has great impact on
reducing the expenditure by the patient.
This model helps to reduce the patient’s hospital stay by judging beforehand the actual
care time, manpower, money and the material required.
Therefore, following this model helps to prevent waste of time, money and
material, benefiting the patient and the hospital management.
Predecessor event – It is an event that precedes some other event, it can be single or
multiple.
Successor events – It is an event that immediately follows some other events, it can have
single multiple successor events.
Optimistic Time (O) – It is the minimum possible time required to complete the task
anticipating that every event has occurred better than usually expected.
Pessimistic Time (P) - This means the maximum possible time required to complete the
given task, expecting or assuming everything goes wrong except the main catastrophes.
Most likely Time (M) – The actual and the best time required to complete the task
assuming everything goes in a usual way .
Expected time or the very best time (TH) – The accurate or the actual time required to
complete the task, it is the most reliable and valid time estimated to complete a task. It
can be calculated using the following relation
TH = (O + 4M – P) ÷ 6
Float or slack time – it is the amount of time that can be floated without causing delay
in the total completion of the work.
Critical paths – it is the longest possible and the actual total time required to complete
the full task. It is otherwise called as total calendar time.
Critical total float activity – it is an activity that has total float equal to zero. No float
time is required in the critical path.
Lead time – this refers to the time taken by the predecessor to complete the task. In this
there is sufficient time for the subsequent activities that can follow the predecessor .
Lag time – the earliest time taken by the successor event to take place, which follows the
specific PERT activity .
PERT chart:
A PERT chart is a graphical representation of the activities of a project, showing the sequence
that has to be performed continuously .
PURPOSE OF PERT:
USES OF PERT:
Nurse managers use the PERT system for controlling
It forces planning and shows how pieces fit together .
It does this for all nursing line managers.
It establishes a system for periodic evaluation and control at critical points in the
program.
It reveals problems and is forward – looking.
PERT is generally used for complicated and extensive projects or programs.
Many records are used to control expenses and otherwise conserve the budget.
All these reports should be available to nurse managers to help them monitor,
evaluate the use of people and money as a part of the controlling process.
ADVANTAGES OF PERT:
DISADVANTAGES OF PERT:
LIMITATION OF PERT:
The activity time estimates are somewhat subjective and depend on judgment. In other
cases, if the person or group performing the activity estimates the time there may be
bias in the estimate.
Even if the activity times are well – estimated, PERT assumes a beta distribution for
these time estimates, but the actual distribution may be different.
Even if the beta distribution assumption holds, PERT assumes that the probability
distribution of the project completion time is the same as the that of the critical path
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