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Critical-path planning and scheduling

The work

AuthorsJames E. Kelley; Morgan R. Walker
Editors
Typemisc
Year1959
Citekeykelley1959criticalpath

Where it appeared

Published inIRE-AIEE-ACM Eastern Joint Computer Conference (EJCC)
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages160--173

Identifiers

DOI10.1145/1460299.1460318
OpenAlexW2035871154

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Abstract

Among the major problems facing technical management today are those involving the coordination of many diverse activities toward a common goal. In a large engineering project, for example, almost all the engineering and craft skills are involved as well as the functions represented by research, development, design, procurement, construction, vendors, fabricators and the customer. Management must devise plans which will tell with as much accuracy as possible how the efforts of the people representing these functions should be directed toward the project's completion. In order to devise such plans and implement them, management must be able to collect pertinent information to accomplish the following tasks:

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@misc{kelley1959criticalpath,
  title        = {Critical-path planning and scheduling},
  author       = {James E. Kelley and Morgan R. Walker},
  year         = {1959},
  journal      = {IRE-AIEE-ACM Eastern Joint Computer Conference (EJCC)},
  publisher    = {Association for Computing Machinery},
  pages        = {160--173},
  doi          = {10.1145/1460299.1460318},
}

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