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Gantt Chart Tutorial: By: SB Satorre

A Gantt chart is a horizontal bar chart that depicts project tasks against a calendar timeline. Each bar represents a named project task listed vertically, with the horizontal axis as a calendar. To make a Gantt chart, you list the tasks, add their durations, and add dependencies to show which tasks must be completed before others can start. The critical path is the longest sequence of dependent tasks that determines the shortest time to project completion.

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Gantt Chart Tutorial: By: SB Satorre

A Gantt chart is a horizontal bar chart that depicts project tasks against a calendar timeline. Each bar represents a named project task listed vertically, with the horizontal axis as a calendar. To make a Gantt chart, you list the tasks, add their durations, and add dependencies to show which tasks must be completed before others can start. The critical path is the longest sequence of dependent tasks that determines the shortest time to project completion.

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Gantt Chart Tutorial

By: SB Satorre
Gantt Chart
is a simple horizontal
bar chart that depicts
project tasks against a
calendar. Each bar
represents a named
project task. The tasks
are listed vertically in
the left-hand column.
The horizontal axis is a Henry Laurence Gantt (1861-1919)
calendar timeline
Making a Gantt Chart
Step 1 list the tasks in the project
Making a Gantt Chart
Step 2 add task durations
Making a Gantt Chart
Step 3 add dependencies (which tasks
cannot start before another task finishes)
Notes

The arrows indicate dependencies.


Task 1 is a predecessor of task 2 i.e. task 2 cannot start before task 1 ends.
Task 3 is dependent on task 2. Task 7 is dependent on two other tasks
Electrics, plumbing and landscaping are concurrent tasks and can happen at the same
time, so they overlap on the chart. All 3 can start after task 4 ends.
Painting must wait for both electrics and plumbing to be finished.
Task 9 has zero duration, and is a milestone
Making a Gantt Chart
Step 4 find the critical path

The critical path is the sequence of tasks from beginning to end that takes the
longest time to complete.
It is also the shortest possible time that the project can be finished in.
Any task on the critical path is called a critical task.
No critical task can have its duration changed without affecting the end date of
the project. 7
MS Project can work out the critical path for you!
The length of the critical path is the sum of the
lengths of all critical tasks (the red tasks 1,2,3,4,5,7)
which is 2+3+1+1.5+2+1 = 10.5 days.
In other words, the minimum amount of time
required to get all tasks completed is 10.5 days
The other tasks (6,8) can each run over-time before
affecting the end date of the project
The amount of time a task can be extended before it
affects other tasks is called slack (or float).
Task 6 can take an extra day and a half before it
affects the projects end date, so each has 1.5 days
slack.
Critical tasks, by definition, can have NO slack.

Tip:

If ever asked Can task Xs duration be changed without


affecting the end date of the project?, if it is a critical
task the answer is always NO!
Systems Analysis
The goal of Systems Analysis is to determine
where the problem is in an attempt to fix the
system.
This step involves breaking down the system
in different pieces and drawing diagrams to
analyze the situation, analyzing project goals,
breaking need to be created and attempting to
engage users so that definite requirements
can be defined.
Thank you

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