Take the 2-minute tour ×  I wonder whether PERT/CPM is still
being used, or, is it an ancient methodology for the world of
today? Thanks.  share|improve this question add comment  3
Answers  up vote 1 down vote accepted  Microsoft Project (and a
variety of other project management tools) offer Gantt charts,
which as far as I can tell are equivalent to PERT charts.  I use
them on 6-12 month tasks building complex software systems. We
usually define several hundred tasks, that do have many order
dependencies.  This is a completely different perspective than
another poster's answer who says "for the software part of the
project, ... there aren't any order dependencies". His world is
sure different than mine.  share|improve this answer add comment
Although I had never heard of CPM (Critical Path Method) and
PERT (Programme Evaluation Review Technique) and thought you
were asking about an old operating system it appears that these
techniques are still in use or at least still taught.  Doing and
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