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Based on the article "One Application for Using PERT Methodology in Strategic Decisions," write a memo to your CIO recommending how PERT may be used for strategic decision making and assisting project managers who need to deal with complex problems?

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Sample Memo and an article on the PERT Methodology.

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Please see attached. Also refer to the following references to expand on what I have suggested and make the memo your own. Also remember to cite any direct quotes properly.

http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/dstools/simulation/cpapert.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_making
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PERT
http://www.netmba.com/operations/project/pert/
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newPPM_04.htm

INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: PERRY WINKLE, CIO
FROM: RALPH SCHLEP, PROJECT MANAGER
SUBJECT: APPLICATION OF PERT TO STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
DATE: 2/12/2007
CC:
Mr. Winkle,
I wanted to present ...

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