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The '''program ''' '''evaluation and review technique''' ('''PERT''') is a statistical tool used in [[project management]], which was designed to analyze and represent the [[task (project management)|tasks]] involved in completing a given [[project]].

PERT was originally developed by Charles FE. Clark for the [[United States Navy]] in 1958; it is commonly used in conjunction with the [[Critical Path Method]] (CPM) which was also introduced in 1958.<ref name="origins">{{cite journal |last1=Kelley |first1=James E. |last2=Walker |first2=Morgan R. |last3=Sayer |first3=John S. |title=The Origins of CPM: a personal history |journal=Project Management |date=February 1989 |volume=3 |issue=2 |page=18 |url=https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/origins-cpm-personal-history-3762 |access-date=20 March 2024 |publisher=Project Management Institute }}</ref>

== Overview ==