tailieunhanh - 10 Minute Guide to Project Management Part 4

Lesson 9. Reporting Results. In this lesson, you learn why it is getting more difficult to report your results, how to effectively use communication tools and techniques, the importance of giving credit to your team, and the importance of assuming any blame alone. | Lesson 7. Gantt Charts In this lesson you learn what a Gantt chart is why it is so useful in project management variations you can devise and how to use Gantt charts to keep your project on schedule. Chart Your Progress Henry L. Gantt for whom the Gantt chart is named was employed at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds part of what is now the . Department of Defense then called the War Department in Aberdeen Maryland as an ordinance engineer during the First World War. Although nearly a century has passed the Gantt chart remains widely recognized as a fundamental highly applicable tool for project managers everywhere. A Gantt chart enables you to view start and stop times easily for project tasks and subtasks. TIP Gantt charts are derived from your work breakdown structure WBS . If you use an outline for your WBS the Gantt depicts each of the tasks and subtasks in chronological order. For tasks that begin at the same time and run concurrently the Gantt chart is a highly convenient tool. However over-lapping tasks and subtasks can easily be depicted on the Gantt chart as well. A WBS is created from tree diagrams which also lend themselves to depiction on a Gantt chart although the process is a bit tricky when it comes to determining overall project sequence and start and stop times. More on converting tree diagrams to critical path analysis in Lesson 8 PERT CPM Charts. Two basic forms of Gantt charts are depicted here. The following chart uses bars extending from left to right along the horizontal axis to denote starting and ending times for events or activities. Greater detail could be added if you wish to add subtasks. Color-coding allows you to pinpoint which project workers are handling which tasks and subtasks. The chart shown in the following figure offers a simple plan for depicting the planned sequence of events versus the actual the shaded bars . It is a rare project indeed where the brunt of the planned events or tasks are closely mirrored by the actual .