gantt and pert chart

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REPRESENTING & SCHEDULING PROJECT PLANS

The Most commonly used methods are :-

GANTT CHART

NETWORK DIAGRAMS (PERT/ CPM)


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GANTT CHART

A graphical representation of a Project that shows each task as ahorizontal bar whose length is proportional to its time for completion.

A GANTT Chart is a horizontal bar chart that illustrates a Project

schedule. In the GANTT Chart Time is displayed on the horizontal axis and the

Tasks/ Activities are arranged vertically from top to bottom, in order oftheir start dates.

A detailed GANTT Chart for a large project might be quite complex andhard to understand. To simplify the chart Project manager can combinerelated activities into one Task.


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GANTT CHART

A graphical representation of a Project that shows each task as ahorizontal bar whose length s proportional to its time forcompletion.

GANTT CHART do not show how tasks must be ordered

(precedence) but simply show when a task should begin and shouldend

GANTT Chart is often more useful to for depicting relatively simpleprojects or sub projects of a large project, the activities of a single

worker, or for monitoring the progress of activities compared toscheduled completion dates..


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GANTT CHART


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NETWORK DIAGRAM

Is a graphical depiction of Project tasks and their inter-relationships.

The distinguishing feature of a Network Diagram is that the orderingof Tasks is shown by connecting with its predecessor and successortasks. tasks.

Network Diagramming is a Critical Path Scheduling Technique usedfor controlling resources.

CRITICAL PATH SCHEDULINGA scheduling technique whose order and duration of a sequence of

task activities directly affect the Completion Date of a Project


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NETWORK DIAGRAM

You would use a Network Diagram when Project Tasks:-

Are well defined and have clear beginning and end point

Can be worked on independently of other tasks

Are ordered

Serve the purpose of project


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PROGRAM EVALUATION REVIEW TECHNIQUE(PERT)

One of the most difficult and most error prone activities whenconstructing a Project Schedule is the determination of the TIMEDURATION for each task within a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS),specially when there is a high degree of complexity and uncertaintyabout a task.

PERT is a technique used to calculate the Expected Time for a tasks.

PERT is a technique that uses Optimistic time (O), Pessimistic time (P)

and Realistic Time (R) estimates to calculate the EXPECTED TIME (ET) or aparticular task.


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PERT is a technique that uses Optimistic time (o), Pessimistictime (p) and Realistic Time (r) estimates to calculate theEXPECTED TIME (ET) or a particular task.

The Optimistic time (o) and Pessimistic time (p) reflects theminimum and maximum possible periods of time for anactivity to be completed.

The Realistic time (r) or the Most likely time , reflects theProject managers Best Guess of the amount of timerequired for a task completion.


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CALCULATING EXPECTED COMPLETION TIME (ET)

o + 4r + p

ET = -------------------6Because the expected Completion time should be closer tothe realistic time (r), it is typically weighed Four times morethan the Optimistic time (o) and the Pessimistic time (p).Once you add these values together , it must be divided by 6to determine the Expected Time for a task.


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HOW TO CONSTRUCT A NETWORK DIAGRAM(PERT / CPM)

DEVELOPING A NETWORK DOAGRAM IS A FOUR STEP PROCESS:-

1. Identify each Project Activity to be completed

2. Determine Time estimates and calculate Expected Completion Timefor each Activity

3. For each Activity, identify the immediate predecessor Activities

4. Enter the Activities with connecting arrows based on Dependenciesand calculate Start and End times based on Duration and Resources.


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PERT CHART SYMBOLS

PERT Chart is consisted of TASKS and EVENTS.An EVENT is called a Milestone, representing a point in time, such asthe Start or Completion of a Task.

A circle or a Rectangle shape NODE is used to represent an EVENT.

Every PERT Chart has one Beginning and one End NODE that representsthe Start and Finish of a Project.

The Earliest and Latest Time is both Zero in Starting Event.

A TASK also called Activity, is depicted by an ARROW Connecting Events.A Dashed Arrow represents a DUMMY TASK which is the dependanctybetween two events without requiring ant resource.


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PERT CHART SYMBOLS

SLACK TIME:-

The Slack Time available for any Task is equal to the differencebetween the Earliest completion Time (ECT) and the LatestCompletion Time (LCT)

SLACK TIME = (LCT ECT)

CRITICAL PATHIs a sequence of Dependent Tasks that have the Largest sum of

Estimated Time (ET). IT is the Path that has no Slack Time built in.

The Critical Path on PERT chart is shown with thick Dark line.

To find the Critical Path begin with identifying allalternative paths that exist from Event 1 to the FinalEvent.


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GANTT CHART vs PERT CHART


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GANTT CHART vs PERT CHART

GANTT chart visually shows the duration of Tasks whereas a PERT chartvisually shows the sequence dependencies between tasks.

GANTT visually shows the Time overlap of Tasks whereas a Networkdoes not show time overlap but does show which tasks could be done inparallel.

Some form of GANTT chart can visually show Slack Time available withinan Earliest Start and Latest finish time..

Most Project Managers find PERT very helpful for scheduling,monitoring and controlling Projects.

PERT is recommended for Large Projects with high intertaskdependencies and the GANTT chart for simpler Projects.

Most Project Management Case Tools nowadays (eg. MS-Project )allow the best feature of PERT to be incorporated into GANTTCharts.

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