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[[Program Evaluation and Review Technique]] ([[PERT]]) is a technique used to estimate project duration through a weighted average of optimistic, pessimistic, and most likely activity durations when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates. See also analogous estimating, bottom-up estimating, parametric estimating, and three-point estimating.

==Definition==
According to the [[PMI Lexicon of Project Management Terms]],
:[[Program Evaluation and Review Technique]] ([[PERT]]). A technique used to estimate project duration through a weighted average of optimistic, pessimistic, and most likely activity durations when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates. See also analogous estimating, bottom-up estimating, parametric estimating, and three-point estimating.

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