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Project Management Orientation

Documenting the Values in Each Node 

The boxes you created in the preceding paragraph are part of the standard format for the nodes in a precedence diagram.  The activity name, WBS number, and activity duration are placed in the middle of the box.  Four other values are placed in the corners of the box.  These four values are:

The first image is an activity node before it has been completed.

The second is an activity node after it has been completed.  The activity for this node is Pour Cement; its WBS number is 12; and its duration is two days.  The ES is day 23 of the project; the EF is day 25; the LS is day 24; and the LF is day 26. 

Example activity node
Example activity node: Pour Cement
1: Getting Started
2: Define the Project Team
3: Team Management
4: Identify and Validate Requirements
5: Create Decomposition Structures
6: Risk Management
7: Project Estimates
8: Project Schedules
9: Change Management
10: Project Control and Execution
Defining the Project
11: Project Management Review
12: Project Closeout
13: Project Management Tool Suite
14: Self-Assessment and Final Exam
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