Program Evaluation and Review Technique - Advantages

Advantages

  • PERT chart explicitly defines and makes visible dependencies (precedence relationships) between the work breakdown structure (commonly WBS) elements
  • PERT facilitates identification of the critical path and makes this visible
  • PERT facilitates identification of early start, late start, and slack for each activity,
  • PERT provides for potentially reduced project duration due to better understanding of dependencies leading to improved overlapping of activities and tasks where feasible.
  • The large amount of project data can be organized & presented in diagram for use in decision making.

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