10/24/11 - Workflow ManagementCopyright 2011 - Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU1 Project Workflow...

10/24/11 - Workflow Management Copyright 2011 - Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU 1

Project Workflow Management

10/24/11 - Workflow Management

Copyright 2011 - Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU 2

Workflow Management Charting the tasks

Task relationships and dependencies Task effort Charting

Project Management When proposing a project the final outcome

(prototype, report on investigation, research result) is composed of many individual parts.

“The longest journey begins with but a single step” And adaptation of “A journey of a thousand miles

began with a single step” [1904 Sayings of Lao Tzu] “He who fails to plan is a planning to fail.”

Winston Churchill



The goal – Gantt Chart Before building a Gantt Chart break the work into manageable steps. A workflow diagram can be constructed once the tasks have been

identified. Each step has a relationship to the entire task.



The Gantt Chart A type of bar chart

Illustrates a project schedule Gives the start and finish dates of the individual tasks Some also show dependencies of tasks

History of the Gantt Chart 1896 – Karol Adamiecki developed a harmongram.

First published in 1931 in Poland. 1910 to 1915 – Henry Gantt designed his chart First applied during the First World War and used by

the Emergency Fleet and Shipping Board.



What it looks like Gantt charts list the tasks, task relationships,

manhour projections, and the overall project schedule.



Analysis of individual tasks It takes skill and an understanding of the

problem to deconstruct it into individual tasks.

This is a skill that can be learned. Analysis takes place in three areas – cost,

time and scope



Once analysis done After the analysis is done, workflow diagrams

can be constructed Gantt Charts Pert Charts Workflow diagrams

These can easily be accomplished with Microsoft Project.

Or they can be drawn in a graphics editing tool.



The proposal – the sections The general format

Cover Page (Title Page) Executive Summary Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables



The chapters 1. Introduction

Context setting Why are you writing Background and Problem Statement – includes scope,

limitations and standards Specifications that must be met

Descriptive abstract of remainder of proposal



Body Chapters Chapter 2 through x

Present your exploration of backgound Present your proposed solution to the problem

statement Presentation should cover

Concept of your solution Diagrams and figures explained by the text Statement of appropriate standards and how they apply to

your solution An analysis of your proposed solution Test and debugging plan that will be used after a prototype

is built.



Managerial This chapter includes

Schedule (Workflow diagram, Gantt chart or similar graphics)

Personnel (including assignment to tasks) Costs

Hardware Personnel – requires an estimate of man-hours on

tasks



Conclusions Summary Benefits of proposed solution

REFERENCES APPENDICIES



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