A system of management based on identifying the interrelationships between and among a series of actions necessary to achieve a specific goal, depicted in the form of a flow chart showing the time periods necessary to carry out each step or process in the sequence and distinguishing between those steps that are critical to goal achievement and those that contribute to or make the critical steps possible.
A process to identify the accomplishments of programs and the time and resources required to move from one accomplishment to the next. The PERT diagram shows the sequence and interrelationship of activities from the beginning to the end of a project.