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Nt1330 Unit 3 Gantt Chart

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A simple calendar scheduling method is just as it sounds. You have a regular, 30/31 day calendar, and just place activities or tasks for each appropriate day. You will then work based on the schedules or deadlines that have been set. You can also indicate the person responsible for the activity. A Gantt chart is essentially a column matrix with two sides. There will be a y-axis and an x-axis. On the y-axis, there will be labels with different activities that need to be accomplished. On the x-axis, labels for the number of weeks will run consecutively. Within the Gantt chart itself, one can color code or even label activities that are completed, incomplete or those that are half-way done. One can also easily identify the current week and check on progress. Most importantly, the length of each bar (activity) shows the estimated needed to complete each activity. …show more content…

It is basically a network diagram with multiple boxes with labels that represent events, and then directional lines which represent tasks. A number can be written underneath the directional lines to indicate the amount of time needed. For a group project that would last 2-3 months, I would use the Gantt chart. A Gantt chart can accomplish what a complicated PERT chart would do, it would be more pleasing towards the eye as there wouldn’t be so many moving parts in the assignment (I’m assuming this group project isn’t terribly complicated). Things that would be needed to be done simultaneously can easily be expressed and understood with a Gantt chart (overlap of bars and weeks). For example, on the y-axis of the Gantt chart, my group would list our activities: 1) Conduct research, 2) Analyze data and then 3) Prepare for presentation then present. On the x-axis, we would list the number of weeks needed (12 weeks in this case). The bar for 1) will span week 1 –

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