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Brief Tutorial On Gantt Charts

Henry Gantt developed Gantt charts in the early 20th century as a visual tool to show scheduled and actual progress of projects. Gantt charts represent the timing of tasks required to complete a project with horizontal bars showing the expected duration of each task. As a project progresses, the chart is updated by filling in the bars proportionally to the work accomplished, allowing managers to quickly see project progress and identify delays or areas ahead of schedule. Gantt charts are simple yet effective project planning tools still widely used today.

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Brief Tutorial On Gantt Charts

Henry Gantt developed Gantt charts in the early 20th century as a visual tool to show scheduled and actual progress of projects. Gantt charts represent the timing of tasks required to complete a project with horizontal bars showing the expected duration of each task. As a project progresses, the chart is updated by filling in the bars proportionally to the work accomplished, allowing managers to quickly see project progress and identify delays or areas ahead of schedule. Gantt charts are simple yet effective project planning tools still widely used today.

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Brief tutorial on Gantt charts

Modified from W. Durfee and T. Chase, 2003

History of Gantt Charts Henry Laurence Gantt (1 !1"1#1#$ %as a mechanica& en'ineer, mana'ement consu&tant and industry ad(isor. Henry Laurence Gantt de(e&o)ed Gantt charts in the second decade of the 20th century. Gantt charts %ere used as a (isua& too& to sho% schedu&ed and actua& )ro'ress of )ro*ects. +cce)ted as a common)&ace )ro*ect mana'ement too& today, it %as an inno(ation of %or&d"%ide im)ortance in the 1#20s. Gantt charts %ere used on &ar'e construction )ro*ects &i,e the Hoo(er Dam started in 1#31 and the interstate hi'h%ay net%or, started in 1#-!. Project Planning Basics + ./ro*ect. is a set of acti(ities %hich ends %ith s)ecific accom)&ishment and %hich has (1$ 0on"routine tas,s, (2$ Distinct start1finish dates, and (3$ 2esource constraints (time1money1)eo)&e1e3ui)ment$. .Tas,s. are acti(ities %hich must 4e com)&eted to achie(e )ro*ect 'oa&. 5rea, the )ro*ect into tas,s and su4tas,s. Tas,s ha(e start and end )oints, are short re&ati(e to the )ro*ect and are si'nificant (not .'oin' to &i4rary., 4ut rather, .search &iterature.$. 6se (er4"noun form for namin' tas,s, e.'. .create dra%in's. or .4ui&d )rototy)e.. 6se action (er4s such as .create., .define. and .'ather. rather than .%i&& 4e made.. 7ach tas, has a duration. 8ery difficu&t to estimate durations accurate&y. Dou4&in' your 4est 'uess usua&&y %or,s %e&&. .Mi&estones. are im)ortant chec,)oints or interim 'oa&s for a )ro*ect. Can 4e used to catch schedu&in' )ro4&ems ear&y. 0ame 4y noun"(er4 form, e.'. .re)ort due., .)arts ordered., .)rototy)e com)&ete.. 9our )&an %i&& e(o&(e so 4e f&e:i4&e and u)date on a re'u&ar 4asis. ;t a&so he&)s to identify ris, areas for )ro*ect, for e:am)&e, thin's you don<t ,no% ho% to do 4ut %i&& ha(e to &earn. These are ris,y 4ecause you may not ha(e a 'ood sense for ho% &on' the tas, %i&& ta,e. =r, you may not ,no% ho% &on' it %i&& ta,e to recei(e com)onents you )urchased for a )ro*ect. Work Breakdown Statement + %or, 4rea,do%n statement (W5>$ is a cate'ori?ed &ist of tas,s %ith an estimate of resources re3uired to com)&ete the tas,. +n e:am)&e W5> a))ears 4e&o%. !st WBS Task Person Who #esources $%S # Descri tion "Hrs -.1 -.2 -.3 -.E /rofi&e motor )o%er Desi'n test stand 5ui&d test stand Test 3 motors /&ot tor3ue (s. s)eed 20 13 2 >7, @M /ro17 >7, @M Arame B 4ra,e )arts C3>7, @M >tro4osco)e @M 7:ce& CD-

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Gantt Chart Basics Gantt charts are a )ro*ect )&annin' too& that can 4e used to re)resent the timin' of tas,s re3uired to com)&ete a )ro*ect. 5ecause Gantt charts are sim)&e to understand and easy to construct, they are used 4y most )ro*ect mana'ers for a&& 4ut the most com)&e: )ro*ects. ;n a Gantt chart, each tas, ta,es u) one ro%. Dates run a&on' the to) in increments of days, %ee,s or months, de)endin' on the tota& &en'th of the )ro*ect. The e:)ected time for each tas, is re)resented 4y a hori?onta& 4ar %hose &eft end mar,s the e:)ected 4e'innin' of the tas, and %hose ri'ht end mar,s the e:)ected com)&etion date. Tas,s may run se3uentia&&y, in )ara&&e& or o(er&a))in'. +s the )ro*ect )ro'resses, the chart is u)dated 4y fi&&in' in the 4ars to a &en'th )ro)ortiona& to the fraction of %or, that has 4een accom)&ished on the tas,. This %ay, one can 'et a 3uic, readin' of )ro*ect )ro'ress 4y dra%in' a (ertica& &ine throu'h the chart at the current date. Com)&eted tas,s &ie to the &eft of the &ine and are com)&ete&y fi&&ed in. Current tas,s cross the &ine and are 4ehind schedu&e if their fi&&ed"in section is to the &eft of the &ine and ahead of schedu&e if the fi&&ed"in section sto)s to the ri'ht of the &ine. Auture tas,s &ie com)&ete&y to the ri'ht of the &ine. ;n constructin' a Gantt chart, ,ee) the tas,s to a mana'ea4&e num4er (no more than 1- or 20$ so that the chart fits on a sin'&e )a'e. More com)&e: )ro*ects may re3uire su4ordinate charts %hich detai& the timin' of a&& the su4tas,s %hich ma,e u) one of the main tas,s. Aor team )ro*ects, it often he&)s to ha(e an additiona& co&umn containin' num4ers or initia&s %hich identify %ho on the team is res)onsi4&e for the tas,. =ften the )ro*ect has im)ortant e(ents %hich you %ou&d &i,e to a))ear on the )ro*ect time&ine, 4ut %hich are not tas,s. Aor e:am)&e, you may %ish to hi'h&i'ht %hen a )rototy)e is com)&ete or the date of a desi'n re(ie%. 9ou enter these on a Gantt chart as .mi&estone. e(ents and mar, them %ith a s)ecia& sym4o&, often an u)side"do%n trian'&e. Gantt Chart Through Google Docs htt)G11%oor,.4&o's)ot.com1200 10!1'oo'&e"s)readsheets"ti)s"'antt"chart.htm&

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