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== PERT and its Origin - Mary Poppendieck's take on the matter at a Google Tech Talk in '08 ==
Have a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypEMdjslEOI and have Mary Poppendieck, at a Google Tech Talk, amongst other things tell you about the origins of PERT (starting at 25:14) as a smoke screen for congress to keep funding the cold war weapons program (it is easier to fund a control strategy than people doing something). <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/93.132.94.115|93.132.94.115]] ([[User talk:93.132.94.115|talk]]) 17:22, 30 May 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
== Uncertainty in project scheduling ==
What does this phrase mean "include safety in the baseline schedule"? Are we talking about padding estimates? Please define "safety" in reference to a schedule.
What is a "a very large make-span"? Is that a typo for "time-span"? Is make-span a term of art in PERT lingo?
These two terms are unfamiliar to me, and I've worked with PERT charts and project management.
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