Different types of environments have different scheduling needs and
require different techniques. For example, scheduling in low-volume
environments usually involves the use of priority rules.
On pages 555–569 of the Operations Management text, the authors describe various approaches to operations scheduling.
- How are these similar to or different from project time management tools and techniques?
- Compare the purpose of Gantt charts for project scheduling to those used for operations scheduling. Can they be used interchangeably? If so, how? If not, why?
- In what ways can scheduling methods be used to manage risk in projects? In operations?
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