Chapter 9 Programming Techniques

Question 1

Name four programming techniques

Answer 1

• Bar chart and linked bar chart
• Arrow diagrams
• Precedence diagrams
• Line-of balance diagrams

Question 2

What shall you take into account when choosing a programming technique?

Answer 2

• Complexity of planning task
• How the result shall be used
• To whom the result shall be presented

Question 3

What is a bar chart? Name advantages and disadvantages with this technique

Answer 3

Advantge: simple , easy to compile, understand and update
Disadvantage: Dependencies between activities are not shown; interrelationships between activities and how they depend on one other

The bar chart is laid out with the timescale along the top axis and a list of task or activities down the lefthanded side. The time required for each activity is represented by a horizontal line, with length of the line indicating the duration of the activity

Question 4

What is the difference between a bar chart and a Gantt chart?

Answer 4

None it is the same

Question 5

5. What is the difference between a bar chart and a linked bar chart?

Answer 5

Dependencies are shown in a linked bar chart but not in a bar chart.

Question 6

6. What does the abbreviation CPM stand for?

Answer 6

Critical path method

Question 7

7. Name a situation when the technique “line-of balance” is especially useful!

Answer 7

In big house-buildning where the repetitive part of a construction sequence can be readily integrated into barchart programme