Performance Evaluation and Review Technique

PERT (Performance Evaluation and Review Technique) charts primarily show how the different tasks are connected by presenting these as a network of boxes (activities) linked with lines. Due to a lack of a common time scale, start and finish dates have to be added to each individual task box. Complex PERT charts are difficult to survey and are less suitable for presentation purposes of the entire project. However, they are commonly used during the establishment of a project plan and to illustrate dependencies within a selected part of the project, because they expose the logic of a project. 

Network analysis can be used to describe the complicated precedence relationships between the activities of a large project. The resulting description can be used to determine a timetable for the activities and to predict a completion date for the project. Examples of network planning methods (or project planning methods) are the Critical Path Methods (CPM) and Performance Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) (Chryssolouris 2006). 

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One of the purposes of this chapter is to add recent material to that collected in the reviews just described. In contrast with previous reviews, however, this chapter emphasizes the critical evaluation of performance. The sections that follow deal with objectives of models (from research to applied control systems), the elements of schemes for predicting air quality, specific methods of modeling, and the evaluation of prediction techniques. 

Compared with methods for the workplace, methods for diffusive sampling of non-occupational indoor air and ambient air have been less well developed. The range of concentrations and environmental conditions used to evaluate samplers for workplace monitoring is not directly applicable to non-occupational environments. However, diffusive monitors are Ending increasing use in non-occupational environments. This chapter discusses the principles governing diffusive sampling and the factors that can influence sampler performance, and reviews studies that have applied the technique for the measurement of VOCs in indoor air. 

Therefore the present review emphasizes the information provided and its biological relevance, but also its limitation regarding sample preparation and analytical performances. A particular attention is devoted to the relationships between the surface chemical composition as determined by XPS, and surface physico-chemical properties that are evaluated by other techniques (having also their own limitations) and that may play a major role in interfacial interactions the surface electrical properties and the surface hydrophobicity. A final section gives a survey of applications of XPS to better understand interfacial phenomena involving microorganisms. Previous reviews may be found in references 22 to 25. 

The CCPS publication Guidelines for Hazard Evaluation Procedures, Second Edition (Ref. 3) provides considerable information on various hazard evaluation techniques that may be employed. Evaluating hazards affecting buildings in process plants may be performed as part of a review focused specifically on the siting issue or as part of a more comprehensive review intended to identify and evaluate all facility hazards. 

Both qualitative and quantitative evaluation techniques may be used to consider the risk associated with a facility. The level and magnitude of these reviews should be commensurate with the risk that the facility represents. High value, critical facilities or employee vulnerability may warrant high review levels. While unmanned "off-the-shelf, low hazard facilities may suffice with only a checklist review. Specialized studies are performed when in-depth analysis is needed to determine the cost benefit of a safety feature or to fully demonstrate the intended safety feature has the capability to fully meet prescribed safety requirements. 

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