When Attempting to Use PERT Methodology, How Do You Estimate

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Essay

When attempting to use PERT methodology, how do you estimate the mean completion time and standard deviation when, for a given activity, the time estimates a, b, and m (pessimistic, optimistic, and most likely) are all identical? What implications does this have if several activities have this property?

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