25 January 2012 
Gantt Chart Construction, The Catholic University of America
The Gantt Chart is a simple, easy to use instrument that can help provide structure to a project that has multiple assignments.
The moving parts of a project can be listed on a single page. The Gantt Chart depicts tasks and resources allocated over time. This is a horizontal bar graph with left to right orientation.
The tasks are listed vertically on the Y axis and the time line is noted horizontally on the X axis.
Common Headings-tasks:
Stage of Development
List of Activities in order from top to bottom.
A limitation of the Gantt Chart is that is does not show necessary pre-condtions or dependencies of one task following another.
This project management control and evaluation instrument was developed by Henry Gantt in 1917.
I use the MicroSoft product which uses the Excel spreadsheet:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/excel-gantt-chart-TC030000350.aspx
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16 January 2012
Project Management, Getting Started, Get It Done Guide, Master of Science in Business Analysis, The Catholic University of America
Project Management, Getting Started
Get It Done Guide
| Who | What | Why Not? | How |
| Team Org Chart | Charter | Risks & Obstacles | Projects Plans |
| Communication
Map/Stakeholders |
Scorecard | Integrated Schedule | |
| Priorities |
Manage Expectations with sponsors by creating a single page project charter:
1. What the project is.
2. What the project ISN’T.
3. Definition of “success.”
4. How “success” will be measured.
5. Who will work on it.
6. Critical success factors.
7. Assumptions.
8. Major risks and mitigation plans.
9. Relative priority of schedule, scope, budget, quality, other factors.
10. Target audience.
11. Distribution Channels
12. Rough schedule of business-driven milestones
13. Rough budget.
14. Anything that must’n be left to chance.
Scrappy Project Management®, The 12 Predictable and Avoidable Pitfalls Every Project Faces, by Kimberly Wiefling, © 2007 by Scrappy About TM