bmgn_n470_lo3_2014-15-sem1-gantt_charts - part 3

8/17/2019 BMGN_N470_LO3_2014-15-sem1-Gantt_Charts - Part 3

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TIME MANAGEMENTGANTT CHART

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Scheduling TechniquesBar/Gantt Chart

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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

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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 !


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Gantt Charts

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provide a standard format for displaying project scheduleinformation by listing project activities and theircorresponding start and finish dates in a calendar format.


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Making a Gantt chart" Step 1 list the tasks in the pr!"ect

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Making a Gantt chart

" Step # add task durati!ns

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" Step $ add dependencies %&hich taskscann!t start 'e(!re an!ther task )nishes*

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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 .


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" Step + )nd the critical path

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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!


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" 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


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" The a!unt !( tie a task can 'e e


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Critical tasks0 '- de)niti!n0 can ha9e N> slack4

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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.


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MS ,r!"ect @eatures Related t! ,"t Tie Manageent

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