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Operations Research and Project Management Papers

Using the Project Management Tools in the SAS System
Radhika Kulkarni and Gehan Corea, SUGI Proceedings, 1992

Abstract

The project management procedures in SAS/OR® software have been growing in scope continuously over the years. The first part of this paper briefly lists some of the options that are available in the CPM, GANTT, and NETDRAW procedures. The major focus of the paper, however, is to describe and illustrate some of the more advanced scheduling features of the CPM procedure.

The CPM procedure allows you to specify target dates, save baseline dates, update a project that is in progress, schedule subject to scarce resources, and perform several scheduling tasks. Each of these features of the procedure can be fine tuned according to your needs using the options available. To effectively use any project management system, it is essential to understand the heart of the system; in particular, you need to understand how all the scheduling options work together.