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Discuss the major differences between PERT and CPM. Be sure to provide examples to illustrate your understanding of these concepts. Be sure to support your comments with references from the literature and cite your sources using APA 7th edition formatting guidelines. Your initial response should be 200–250 words and include at least one reference.

Please use the below information as well as any other outside sources to aid in this assignment.
Textbook: Quantitative Analysis for Management by Barry Render, Ralph M. Stair
Chapter 11: Project Management

11.1 PERT/CPM

Almost any large project can be subdivided into a series of smaller activities or tasks that can be analyzed with PERT/CPM. When you recognize that projects can have thousands of specific activities, you see why it is important to be able to answer questions such as the following:

Questions answered by PERT.
When will the entire project be completed?
What are the critical activities or tasks in the project—that is, the ones that will delay the entire project if they are late?
Which are the noncritical activities—that is, the ones that can run late without delaying the entire project’s completion?
If there are three time estimates, what is the probability that the project will be completed by a specific date?
At any particular date, is the project on schedule, behind schedule, or ahead of schedule?
On any given date, is the money spent equal to, less than, or greater than the budgeted amount?
Are there enough resources available to finish the project on time?
General Foundry Example of PERT/CPM
General Foundry, Inc., a metalworks plant in Milwaukee, has long been trying to avoid the expense of installing air pollution control equipment. The local environmental protection group has recently given the foundry 16 weeks to install a complex air filter system on its main smokestack. General Foundry was warned that it will be forced to close unless the device is installed in the allotted period. Lester Harky, the managing partner, wants to make sure that installation of the filtering system progresses smoothly and on time.

The first step is to define the project and all project activities.
When the project begins, the building of the internal components for the device (activity A) and the modifications that are necessary for the floor and roof (activity B) can be started. The construction of the collection stack (activity C) can begin once the internal components are completed, and the pouring of the new concrete floor and installation of the frame (activity D) can be completed as soon as the roof and floor have been modified. After the collection stack has been constructed, the high-temperature burner can be built (activity E), and the installation of the pollution control system (activity F) can begin. The air pollution device can be installed (activity G) after the high-temperature burner has been built, the concrete floor has been poured, and the frame has been installed. Finally, after the control system and pollution device have been installed, the system can be inspected and tested (activity H).

Immediate predecessors are determined in the second step.
All of these activities seem rather confusing and complex until they are placed in a network. First, all of the activities must be listed. This information is shown in Table 11.1. We see in the table that before the collection stack can be constructed (activity C), the internal components must be built (activity A). Thus, activity A is the immediate predecessor of activity C. Similarly, both activities D and E must be performed just prior to installation of the air pollution device (activity G).

Defining the Problem
Delays in care at a hospital emergency room were causing loss of life and dollars.

Developing a Model
A PERT model was developed to track patients as they moved through the various stages of emergency care.

Acquiring Input Data
A sample of 100 patients was selected at random from a population of 460 patients over a 2-month period. Process times were recorded with a stopwatch.

Developing a Solution
The data were put into the PERT model, and project completion times and variances were calculated.

Testing the Solution
The results were as expected. Some processes such as filling out forms were slowing down the system.

Analyzing the Results
The PERT model showed a project completion time of 84.9 minutes and a project variance of 253.1 minutes.

Implementing the Results
PERT was able to help the hospital identify the critical activities of patient care in an emergency room setting. The hospital was better able to schedule and control various activities of patient care as a result of the PERT model. PERT also helped identify those activities that could be improved.

There are two common techniques for drawing PERT networks. The first is called activity-on-node (AON) because the nodes represent the activities. The second is called activity-on-arc (AOA) because the arcs are used to represent the activities. In this book, we present the AON technique, as this is easier and is often used in commercial software.

In constructing an AON network, there should be one node representing the start of the project and one node representing the finish of the project. There will be one node (represented as a rectangle in this chapter) for each activity. Figure 11.1 gives the entire network for General Foundry. The arcs (arrows) are used to show the predecessors for the activities. For example, the arrows leading into activity G indicate that both D and E are immediate predecessors for G.

A research proposal is a document in which you propose a plan for a research project, showing that you have thought through all the steps in the research project. You will not actually do the project, you are just proposing the project. This happens in graduate school, and when seeking funding for research. You should use the following headings to organize your paper. Choose any SOCIAL/CULTURAL topic that interests you. You’ll need to decide on a research question before you start.
1. Introduction
This is one paragraph where you introduce your research question. Tell the reader what made you interested in the topic, and how that topic is important in society. What will happen if your research question is answered? What will happen if it is not answered?
2. Literature review (3 sources minimum)
This is where you tell the reader what scholars are saying about your research topic, or if there’s not much about the specific thing you chose to analyze, what the literature says about that general type of thing. A good place to start is JSTOR in the Golden Library (https://enmu.libguides.com/az.php?a=j) or Scholar.Google.com. For current events, try Pewresearch.org and search. And you can always email me if you get stuck. As you do this, think about the “big questions” like, what bigger questions do scholars ask about the topic? What are the debates in the field? Do scholars seem to agree, or are there differences in how they look at the topic? There should be at least one paragraph per source. Do not use quotes from articles, instead summarize the important points in your own words and cite at the end, like this (Jones 2019).
3. Methods
In this section, you tell the reader how you will go about your project. Will it be qualitative or quantitative, and why is that the most appropriate for your research question? What method(s) will you use, given the practical constraints of budget and time? Why is that method the most appropriate? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the method(s) you chose? What is your sampling frame, and how will you sample? What is your population for sampling? Be very specific, as if you were planning to actually do the project. Are you using random sampling, stratified random sampling, cluster sampling, snowball sampling, theoretical sampling? Why did you chose the sampling strategy you chose?
4. Research Instrument (counts towards your page count)
In this section, you attach your data collection instrument (formatted survey, content analysis coding sheet, list of interview questions, list of events of observe, people to interview, etc depending on what method you chose)
5. Reference list (ASA (American Sociological Association) format. Your text doesn’t count towards having three sources)

Two slides with thorough speaker notes on history of Previa Health.
Two slides with thorough speaker notes on Products and services.

Essay Topic A Statement of Purpose: The statement of purpose will provide an opportunity to explain any extenuating circumstances that you feel could add value to your application. You may also want to explain unique aspects of your academic background or valued experiences you may have had that relate to your academic discipline. The statement of purpose is not meant to be a listing of accomplishments in high school or a record of your participation in school-related activities. Rather, this is your opportunity to address the admissions committee directly and to let us know more about you as an individual, in a manner that your transcripts and other application information cannot convey.

Identify a research question that is of interest to you and that relates to the area of Child and Adolescent Disorders. Select 3-5 relevant peer-reviewed publications that have investigated this specific research question and perform an extraction and synthesis of the studies’ methods and results. You
can choose to either synthesise the findings in a narrative manner and/or quantitatively in the form
of a meta-analysis.
The question that you identify for this assignment does not need to be novel and the search for relevant publications does not need to be complete. This is an exercise that will help you develop and
enhance the skill of critically appraising and synthesising information from different studies, a skill that
you will be required to show mastery of once you reach the dissertation stage. The word limit for this
assignment is 3000 words (excluding the reference list).

all of the body paragraphs in total have to add up to 2000 word so that’s not including the title page the abstract or the reference page
Hook device must be used to start an essay
Effective thesis statement
Leading topic sentences for body paragraphs
Effective concluding paragraph that does more than summarize
APA format
Reference page
3rd person perspective (no 1st or 2nd person)
Properly cited evidence
Effective analysis of subject (not summarizing)
Proper grammar and punctuation
Problem/ Solution Research Paper

What is it?

This paper requires that we focus on a particular issue in our world today, develop a claim or thesis, and support our positions with convincing evidence: background information, facts, statistics, descriptions, and results of interviews or surveys. We also must include a viable solution to this problem.

Prompt

To begin, you need to research a current, controversial problem that deserves careful thinking. Your assignment will be to write a persuasive research essay that convincingly argues for your position on this currently-debated issue.

Requirements

Your job is to:

Decide upon a topic. Why are you interested in this topic? What are many multiple perspectives on this topic?
Research the topic thoroughly.
Consider what seems logical to you, and then choose a side.
Find at least 8 sources (magazine, website, online article, book, etc) that support your side and that you can quote in your essay.
Find at least 2 opposing sources that you can quote in your essay.
Develop logical, emotional, and ethical arguments to support your side.
Support your argument with ample evidence, Direct quotes, paraphrased quotes, summary quotes.
Demonstrate the harms of the opposing view.
Demonstrate the benefits of your view.
Write at least a 2,000 word persuasive researched essay convincing the reader to agree with your point of view and to see the flaws in the opposing view(s). Word count depends on previous essay length.
Create an APA style reference page that accurately lists at least 10 sources.
Type your polished draft following all APA guidelines given in class.
Evaluate Library Sources

Sources should be relevant to your subject, purpose, and audience.
Sources should be current, particularly if your topic is scientific or technical in nature.
Sources should be reliable, free of bias and inaccuracies.
Tips

Do not use the first-person point-of-view (I, me, my)
Do not use the second-person point-of-view (you, your)

Writing a Problem/Solution Essay

I. Persuasive Writing

a. The purpose of persuasive writing is to assert an opinion and defend it by offering supporting evidence (data).

b. You must convince the reader to agree with you.

c. In the process, you deal with opposing views, thus convincing him/her of the superiority of your argument.

d. Additionally, a good writer may present emotional as well as rational appeal.

e. All of your reasoning should lead to a logical conclusion.

II. Writing Process

a. Choose a controversial topic. We have been working on this topic for a while now.

b. Create a debatable statement that can be proved; this will be your thesis statement.

c. The thesis statement is the sentence that tells the reader the focus of your essay. It must be a debatable statement that asserts your opinion.

d. Avoid announcing the thesis statement as if it were a thesis statement. In other words, avoid using phrases such as “The purpose of this paper is . . . . ” or “In this paper, I will attempt to . . . Don’t begin to write your essay until you have a clear thesis!

e. Gather all factual information using guidelines for documentation. Be sure to keep track of your sources.

f. Consider all potential explanations, rating them in order of importance or relevance to the thesis/hypothesis statement.

g. Assemble collected facts to support each explanation.

h. Prepare an outline arranging the explanations in the best order for the desired effect. The purpose of an outline is to make your task easier. As you write your outline, ask yourself whether each idea serves to clarify and strengthen the thesis/hypothesis. Use the sample outline by inserting your specific information into the outline structure.

i. Proofread later with a fresh perspective.

Students will compose and revise papers for common errors, word choice, syntax. CANNOT have this in my paper (all to be verbs, 1st and 2nd person pronouns, Poor word choice words, present tense, comma splices, run-ons, fragments, apostrophe errors, subject verb agreement errors, rhetorical questions, spelling errors, contractions, homonym errors.)

In preparation for your second assignment due next week, this week we discuss the topic of content and media analysis. More and more research is being conducted in this vein as more and more of the world’s population relies on multiple forms of interactive media in their everyday lives.

Based on your learning, what research questions is media analysis best able to answer, do you think? Are there pitfalls associated with this research? Lastly, what topic ideas are you considering for your second assignment and how will you decide which topic to proceed with

Please read carefully and follow all steps listed :

You are advising a college business major who is thinking that being a customer service worker is a great way to start their business career. Prepare a 300–400-word essay on what job and career advice you would give them based on this week and the previous week’s readings, as well as your critical thinking skills.

USE DRAFT COACH BEFORE SUBMITTING
COPY AND PASTE ESSAY QUESTION(S) AT THE TOP OF THE ESSAY.
SINGLE SPACE WITH ARIAL 12 FONT
LIST WORD COUNT AT THE END OF THE DOCUMENT. Only YOUR words count. (MS Word will count it for you).
No more than 10% of your paper’s total length can be cited or quoted. (If 300 words, no more than 30 can be cited and quoted.)

In light of your first assignment due Sunday, this week’s discussion prompt has two parts:

Part I: Briefly summarize for us the proposed qualitative project you intend to write about. Include the research questions (RQ) under consideration and a list of 3-4 semi-structured interview questions for each. Do you need any help narrowing your list of questions? What, if any, challenges are you facing where conceptualizing your project is concerned?

Part II: Based on the learning this week, what interviewing strategies stand out for you? Do you consider some to be better suited to your hypothetical study? Why or why not? Do the interview questions you proposed in part one meet the identified criteria?