PERT Analysis in Microsoft Project

[lbertolotti]

Project 2016 documentation tells me to use PERT Analysis toolbar. I can't find it.

[#2]

Hello,
This is the Network Diagram view.
Paul

[#3]

Changing view doesn't solve this.

@Paul_Mather 

[#4]

Hello @lbertolotti ,

Sorry I read that as PERT chart - that is the network diagram view in Project. For PERT Analysis 3 point estimations, that feature was removed in Project 2010 on-wards. You could look for a 3rd party option or something like this old example: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/projectified/2009/11/24/three-point-estimation-pert-in-project-2...

Hope that helps

Paul

[#5]

Microsoft removed PERT analysis functionality in Project 2010 and beyond?!

Why? As a program mgr, that functionality was essential!

Looks like I’ll need to research an alternative solution. Dang it!

 @Paul_Mather 

[#6 · Accepted solution]

@Archemoros @Paul_Mather 

I need the same functionality, so I created it with custom fields, using duration 2, 3 and 4, for the optmistic expected and pessimistic durations.

Any calculation, as balanced pert duration (duration5), you'll need to use the custon number fields.

* be carefull that the sum of the weights should be 6 (base: 1, 4, 1)

For this I used:

number 10 = optmistic weight 

number 11 = expected weight

number 12 = pessimistic weight 

then

duration 5 = ([duration2]*[number10])+([duration3]*[number11])+([duration4]*[number12]))/6