Talk:Critical Path Method in Construction Industry

Revision as of 20:57, 27 September 2015

Anna: I don't have a lot to say about your abstract. It is a very good choice of topic and you have managed to focus on a specific method. The overall structure seems good also, so I believe this could be a very interesting and useful article when completed.

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Feedback from s150821 (reviewer 3)

• The article is well written, its reading is fluent and really engaging. Its structure follows perfectly what it is requested by the assignment.

Thank you for the response. I went through the article once again and I've changed small mistakes to make it even more consistent

• Images are exhaustive , they give the reader a quick understanding of the topic;

Thank you, it's really nice to hear that drawing all of them carefully made sense

• External links to other pages of Wikipedia are a good idea, they make the article understanding easier;

As you mentioned, they help people to understand the content better. However, I re-linked some of them to connect to DTU MAN Wiki

• References are punctual and from reliable sources;

References are now described and a follow-up material has been provided

• The only deficiency of this article is in “Use Limitations” section; while situations in which this method can be applied are well treated along the article , use limitations of CPM are not as comprehensive as it is the whole article.

Advantages and use limitations section has been rewrited and converted to bullet points. Moreover, use limitations has been extended as deeper analysis of materials has been performed

(Review 2, S145166)

Format

• Very good abstract summarising article. Follows 'methods' article structure well

I really wanted to fit into the category of method description. However, please find additional follow-up material in annotated bibliography leading to a case-study

• Good use of graphics

Thank you, it's really nice to hear that drawing all of them carefully made sense

• some small grammar errors - read through again

I went through the article and repaired some of grammar mistakes. Thank you for the advice.

• referencing error in 5. method advantages

Reference error repaired

Content

• Add an annotated bibliography

Annotated bibliography with references and follow-up section added

• Could include further discussion or just suggested reading about CPM computer programs mentioned

• Could be more critical or add more detail to limitations. maybe compare to alternative methods

Advantages and use limitations section has been rewrited and converted to bullet points. Moreover, use limitations has been extended as deeper analysis of materials has been performed. 
In some aspects of the limitation (duration estimations) comparison to PERT was addded as well as link to its wiki page

• I think you should reference to APPPM wiki articles over “real wiki” articles. eg. PERT

I re-linked some of the links to DTU MAN Wiki pages. Great idea!

alex161 (reviewer 1)

In general I like the topic and I read it nicely, the structure seems good . Something is missing around the article but I think you are on a good way. Good job! Structure

• Summary is written in a good and understandable way, I like it.

Thank you, I really appreciate it.

• The figure are appropried with the topics

Thank you. Looks like working on them additional hours was worth it

• Remember to add the sources to the figures.

Since I have prepared all of the figures myself I cannot reference to any source. I will, however, add source where I based my graphics on source figures.

Contents

• I think that the short history part is a good way to start , it is very concise and understandable

Thank you. To read more about history and read about first feedback from construction industry check out the first reference - it is a really good article.

• Try to explain bettter the example of CPM graph creation

I have added some additional description to points 2.2.1-2.2.4. I hope that now all of the calculations as well as final creation of the graph will be clear.

• The flow of the article is linear and logical without any problem to understand the topics.

Thank you very much - I am really glad that the article is easy to read

• Remember to add some brief summary to the bibliography

Annotated bibliography with references and follow-up section added

• Maybe you should improve the limitations and method advantagess, with some sentences explaining a bit more than the bullet points .