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The document provides information about using different types of graphs like bar charts, line graphs and pie charts to visualize budget and progress data for a company website project. It includes examples of tables showing budgeted vs actual spending and graphs showing budget breakdown, spending trends and money remaining. It asks to analyze the examples, choose appropriate visuals for a progress report, and create a sample navigation graphic and business card.

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3.5.1 Project

The document provides information about using different types of graphs like bar charts, line graphs and pie charts to visualize budget and progress data for a company website project. It includes examples of tables showing budgeted vs actual spending and graphs showing budget breakdown, spending trends and money remaining. It asks to analyze the examples, choose appropriate visuals for a progress report, and create a sample navigation graphic and business card.

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1. When are bar charts most commonly used?

(1 point) 

Bar charts are most commonly used to show data and differences over time. 

2. Let's say you wanted to create a table showing how many people in each department 
preferred salad, pizza, or sandwiches for lunch. What would you use as column headings? (1 
point) 

Salad, pizza, sandwiches. 

3. You are researching ways to boost employee morale for a proposal. How can you avoid 
copyright issues when you find materials from outside sources? (1 point) 

Make sure to include where you got your information from. 

4. You want to add a picture of a potential new office layout to the title page of a proposal. How 
can you adjust the size of the image without changing its proportions? (1 point) 

You can click and drag on the corners of the picture. 

5. If you wanted to show how many employees at your office ride a bicycle to work in 
comparison to the number of employees who drive a car, take public transportation, or walk, 
what visual would be best? (1 point)  

Bar chart to compare between employees who drive, take public transportation, ride a bicycle or 
walk to work. 

Analyze (10 points) 


Analyze the various graphs for a progress report, using the following scenario:  
 
You are putting together a progress report for a six-month project to update the company 
website. The project has been in progress for the past three months. The project has a total 
budget of $5,500 for the entire six months, which has been broken down into amounts to be 
spent each month. You are putting together a progress report for the project and need a visual 
to show how the actual amount spent to date compares to the budgeted amount.  

1. Here is a table showing the breakdown of how much of the total budget should be spent by 
the end of each month, along with the actual spending. 
 

a) How much of the total budget does the company have left to spend after the first three 
months? (2 points) 

$500 

b) How does the actual amount left to spend differ from the budgeted amount for the remaining 
three months of the project? (2 points) 

 
 
 
 
 
 

2. Look at the bar chart below, and answer the following questions: 

 
a. Is the company over, under, or on budget for February? How do you know? (1 point) 

They are over budget, the gray line is longer than the black one which indicates they are 
spending more than the cumulative budgeted spending. 

b. Compare the actuals spent versus budgeted amount in January to the actuals spent versus 
budgeted amount in March? (1 point) 

The actual spending is 2.5x what it was in january and the budgeted amount is only 1.75x what 
it started at 

3. Look at the line graph below, and answer the following question: 

a. Notice the trend of the Actual Spend line. If this trend continues through June, will the project 
remain on budget? If not, what will need to happen to the trend to keep the project on budget? (2 
points) 

No, they need to spend less on monthly projects to stay on budget. 

4. Look at the pie chart below, and answer the following questions: 
 

a. In which month was the majority of the budget spent? (1 point) 

march 

b. Does the company have more or less money to spend in the remaining three months of the 
project than it spent in the first three months? (1 point) 

Less money. 

Synthesize (10 points) 


Determine and design the best visuals for a progress report, including appropriate graphs, 
tables, illustrations, text boxes, and other visuals. You will need to think about how the visuals 
relate to the information presented in the progress report and how the visuals will aid readers' 
understanding. 

1. Using the graphs above, which would you choose to include in the Costs section of your 
progress report to show how project spending compares to the budget so far? Explain why. (2 
points) ​i would include the starting budget and cumulative budget spending so you can 
compare​. 

2. Using the graphs above, which would you chose to include in the Costs section of your 
progress report to show how much of the total budget remains for the project? Explain why. (2 
points) ​i would use a pie chart because it helps visualize the information being shown. 

 
 
 
 

3. Examine the table in the section above. 


a. Recreate the exact table shown above in a separate document. Submit this document to your 
teacher with your worksheet. (2 points) 

b. Explain how you created the table. (1 point) 

Insert > Chart > Pie Chart  


 
Then i edited the titles and amounts in google sheets 

4. In your progress report, you want the Work Completed section to follow your Summary of 
Costs. To date, the company has rewritten the home page content, created a new logo, and 
updated the overall structure of the site. Currently, an idea for site navigation has been proposed 
but not yet confirmed. You want to include a visual of the navigation option in the progress 
report. 

a. The navigation option includes these links from the Home Page: About, Services, Customer 
Reviews, and Contact. The About section would include links to History and Our Mission; the 
Services section would also include links to Pricing, Scope, and Timeline. Show an example of a 
simple, custom graphic to display the navigation. (3 points) 

About - Services - Customer Reviews - Contact 


 
History  Pricing  
Our Mission  Scope 
Timeline  
   
 
 
 

b. Explain how you created your graphic. (1 point) 

I typed it out 

5. Once you finish your progress report, your manager wants to look it over before distributing it 
to everyone in the company. What is the best way to give this report to your manager and why? 
(1 point)  

Email because it would be the fastest, easiest and most efficient way to send it to your 
manager. 

6. Your manager looks over the report and decides that because you did such a thorough job 
with the report, your next project will be to help update the company's business cards. Create a 
sample business card that includes a graphic to represent the law firm, Stevens & Patterson. (3 
points) 

 
Stevens and Patterson 
Law Firm 
 
123 main st.  
Milwaukee, Wisconsin  
53201 
+1 234 567 8910 
stevenspatterson@email 
 
 
 

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