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https://github.com/arzzen/pert

A simple command line (bash/shell) utility to estimate tasks using PERT [Program Evaluation and Review Technique]
https://github.com/arzzen/pert

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A simple command line (bash/shell) utility to estimate tasks using PERT [Program Evaluation and Review Technique]

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### Bash PERT Calculator

> A simple utility to estimate tasks using PERT (Program evaluation and review technique)

### Demo

![pert example](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/6382002/13582789/8205bac0-e4ae-11e5-9a03-894e32943f30.gif)

### Usage

Comma separated task list in the form `"1,2,12 4,5,9 2,3,6"`, where whitespace separates tasks.
(or you can use piping inputs `echo "1,2,3 10,30,40" | pert`)

Usage:

`pert [optimistic,realistic,pessimistic]`

Example:

`pert 1,3,4`

`pert 10,15,20 5,7,10`

`pert "1,2,3" "15,17,20"`

`cat data.txt | pert`

`echo "1,2,3 9,10,14" | pert`

### Install

```bash
$ git clone https://github.com/arzzen/pert.git && cd pert
$ sudo make install
```

For uninstalling, open up the cloned directory and run

```bash
sudo make uninstall
```

### Example

Command:

`$ ./pert 5,7,10 2,3,4 10,12,14`

Output:


Tasks

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| # | optimistic | realistic | pessimistic | duration | risk | variance |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1. task | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7.16 | 0.83 | 0.68 |
| 2. task | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3.00 | 0.33 | 0.10 |
| 3. task | 10 | 12 | 14 | 12.00 | 0.66 | 0.43 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| summary | - | - | - | 22.16 | 1.82 | 1.21 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Three point estimates

+----------------------------------------+
| confidence | | |
+----------------------------------------+
| 1 Sigma - 68% | 20.34 | 23.98 |
| 2 Sigma - 95% | 18.52 | 25.80 |
| 3 Sigma - 99% | 16.70 | 27.62 |
+----------------------------------------+