ABSTRACT
Planning is required before the start of any project. While this planning is being done, data such as the workforce to be spent and the amount of equipment to be used should be evaluated, and priorities should be determined by the project manager. Thanks to these priorities, jobs that can go in parallel are determined and time and thus cost savings are realized. To realize these savings, manual drawing and calculations were required before the computer age. Today, with the development of technology, package programs such as MS Project and Primavera can be used for this purpose. CPM (Critical Path Method) and PERT (Project Evaluation and Review Technique) methods, which are shown as the basis of these programs, are ideal for project management. The shortest and most profitable methods are offered to us with time and cost trade-offs. Crashed activities, although seen as an additional cost, can save time and indirectly benefit the total cost. By examining the activities and costs in line with the purpose of the project, reducing the duration of the project as much as possible will enable to complete the project more profitably. The content of this project, in which all the mentioned methods are covered, is the project of installing heavy industrial-type generators and power generation plants operating with fuel oil in the Caribbean region (located in South America on the island of Barbados). With CPM and PERT methods, the project was solved, and critical as well as non-critical activities were determined.
