BMGN_N470_LO3_2014-15-sem1-Gantt_Charts - Part 3
Transcript of BMGN_N470_LO3_2014-15-sem1-Gantt_Charts - Part 3
-
8/17/2019 BMGN_N470_LO3_2014-15-sem1-Gantt_Charts - Part 3
1/12
TIME MANAGEMENTGANTT CHART
1
-
8/17/2019 BMGN_N470_LO3_2014-15-sem1-Gantt_Charts - Part 3
2/12
Scheduling TechniquesBar/Gantt Chart
2
A c t i v i t y A
A c t i v i t y B
A c t i v i t y C
A c t i v i t y D
J u n
T i m e
J u l A u g S e p O c t N o v
T h e r e a r e m a n y o t h e r a c c e p t a b l e w a y s t o d i s p l a y p r o j e c t i n o r m a t i o n o n a b a r c h a r t !
-
8/17/2019 BMGN_N470_LO3_2014-15-sem1-Gantt_Charts - Part 3
3/12
Gantt Charts
3
provide a standard format for displaying project scheduleinformation by listing project activities and theircorresponding start and finish dates in a calendar format.
-
8/17/2019 BMGN_N470_LO3_2014-15-sem1-Gantt_Charts - Part 3
4/12
Making a Gantt chart" Step 1 list the tasks in the pr!"ect
4
-
8/17/2019 BMGN_N470_LO3_2014-15-sem1-Gantt_Charts - Part 3
5/12
Making a Gantt chart
" Step # add task durati!ns
5
-
8/17/2019 BMGN_N470_LO3_2014-15-sem1-Gantt_Charts - Part 3
6/12
Making a Gantt chart
" Step $ add dependencies %&hich taskscann!t start 'e(!re an!ther task )nishes*
6
-
8/17/2019 BMGN_N470_LO3_2014-15-sem1-Gantt_Charts - Part 3
7/12
N!tes
"The arrows indicate dependencies!
"Tas# $ is a predecessor o tas# % & i!e! tas# % cannot start beore tas# $ ends!"Tas# ' is dependent on tas# %! Tas# ( is dependent on two other tas#s
")lectrics* plumbing and landscaping are concurrent tas#s and can happen at the same
time* so they overlap on the chart! All ' can start ater tas# + ends!
",ainting must wait or both electrics and plumbing to be inished!
"Tas# - has .ero duration* and is a milestone .
-
8/17/2019 BMGN_N470_LO3_2014-15-sem1-Gantt_Charts - Part 3
8/12
Making a Gantt chart
" Step + )nd the critical path
8
The critical path is the se/uence o tas#s rom beginning to end that ta#es the longest
time to complete!
0t is also the shortest possible time that the project can be inished in!
Any tas# on the critical path is called a critical task!
No critical tas# can have its duration changed without aecting the end date o the
project!
-
8/17/2019 BMGN_N470_LO3_2014-15-sem1-Gantt_Charts - Part 3
9/12
" MS ,r!"ect can &!rk !ut the critical path (!r -!u.
" The length !( the critical path is the su !( the lengths !(all critical tasks %the red tasks 10#0$0+002* &hich is
#3$313143#31 5 164 da-s4" In !ther &!rds0 the iniu a!unt !( tie required t!
get all tasks c!pleted is 164 da-s
" The !ther tasks %708* can each run !9er:tie 'e(!re
a;ecting the end date !( the pr!"ect
-
8/17/2019 BMGN_N470_LO3_2014-15-sem1-Gantt_Charts - Part 3
10/12
" The a!unt !( tie a task can 'e e
-
8/17/2019 BMGN_N470_LO3_2014-15-sem1-Gantt_Charts - Part 3
11/12
Critical tasks0 '- de)niti!n0 can ha9e N> slack4
Tip?
I( e9er asked Can task X’s duration bechanged without aecting the end date othe project?0 i( it is a critical task the ans&eris al&a-s NO.
-
8/17/2019 BMGN_N470_LO3_2014-15-sem1-Gantt_Charts - Part 3
12/12
MS ,r!"ect @eatures Related t! ,"t Tie Manageent
12