Mind Maps for UPSC Public Administration (Network analysis, MIS, PERT, CPM)

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Mind Map Important Topics:

CPM:

Advantages

• optimum utilization of resources and facilities
• attention of the timely completion of the whole project
• Detect potential bottlenecks
• improves the quality of planning, organising and controlling

Features

• network of events and activities is presented pictorially
• Each circle represents an event and each arrow represents an activity
• An event signifies the beginning of one activity and the end of another activity
• Events are assigned serial numbers
• An activity, on the other hand, implies timeconsuming efforts or actions

Limitations

• limited use and applications
• unrealistic

PERT:

sophisticated version of the network technique

first developed for use in U.S. defence projects

putting emphasis on time and performance of the work

Advantages

• systematic planning all down the line
• advance planning for fitting the relevant parts into an integrated whole
• fosters all-round co-ordination
• attention on critical or strategic elements
• onward-looking control

Limitations

• emphasis on time only and ignores costs
• not worthwhile for adoption in routine planning
• expected time cannot be determined on a basis of certainty
   

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