Management Fundamentals 7th Edition by Robert N. Lussier

Exercise 29

The following critical-thinking questions can be used for class discussion and/or as written assignments to develop communication skills. Be sure to give complete explanations for all questions.

Assume you are planning a major event or project, such as a big wedding. (If you have an actual future event or project, use it rather than selecting an assumed event.) Would you use the planning sheet, Gantt chart, or PERT to plan and control the event? Why? Identify the major things that you need to plan for and make, and put them on the actual form using either Exhibit 14-5, 14-6, or 14-7 as a guide

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If I am planning a big wedding then I will use PERT in comparison to planning sheet and Gantt chart. This is because planning sheet and Gantt chart are useful tools when the activities follow each other in a dependent series.

However, when some activities are dependent and some are independent then PERT is more appropriate. Here, big wedding involves both dependent and independent series that is why PERT is more appropriate.

The list of activities which are needed to be performed in this are

Letter	Activities
A	Booking of Banquet hall
B	Invitation to guests
C	Purchase of sweets
D	Bridal clothes and jewelry
E	Groom clothes and jewelry
F	Cake
G	Flowers and stage decoration
H	Food
I	Distribution of sweets and bidding goodbye to guests