THE GANNT CHART

EG. 1
1. Sketch the AON
2. Determine the project Duration & Critical Path
3. Free float of F
4. Total float of F.
 1. Sketch the Gantt Chart
2. Determine the project Duration
3. Free float of F
4. Total float of F.
a

b e d c f

g h
j i

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 1. Sketch the AON
2. Determine the project Duration
3. Free float of F
4. Total float of F.
a
c

b
f

i
h i
j

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 1. Sketch the AON
2. Determine the project Duration & Critical Path
3. Free float of F
4. Total float of F.
a
c

b
f

i
h i
j

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
EG. 2
1. Sketch the AON
2. Determine the project Duration & Critical Path
3. Free float of C Activity Description
Immediate Duration
Predecessor (days)
4. Total float of C. A Develop product - 4
specifications
B Design A 6
manufacturing
process
C Source and purchase A 3
materials
D Source and B 6
purchase tooling
and equipment
E Receive and install D 14
tooling and
equipment
F Receive materials C 5
G Pilot production run E,F 2
H Evaluate product G 2
design
I Evaluate process G 3
performance
J Write documentation H, I 4
report
K Transition to J 2
manufacturing
 Duration
Activity Predecessor
1. Sketch the Gantt Chart (days)
A - 4
2. Determine the project Duration & Critical Path
3. Free float of C B A 6
4. Total float of C.
C A 3

D B 6

E D 14

F C 5
G E,F 2
H G 2
I G 3

J H, I 4

K J 2

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Figure 5-23
A Gantt
Chart of a
Sample
Project
Figure 5-24 A Gantt Chart of Sample Project Showing Critical
Path, Path Connections, Slack, EST, LST, EFT, and LFT

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
Figure 5-25 A Gantt Chart of a Day Care Project Showing
Expected Durations, Critical Path, Milestone, and Resource
Requirements
Figure 5-26 A Progress Report on a Day Care Project
Showing Actual Progress Versus Baseline
 EXTENSIONS TO PERT/CPM

MEM 612 Project Management

Precedence Diagramming

 Finish-to-start linkage
 Start-to-start linkage
 Finish-to-finish linkage
 Start-to-finish linkage
Figure 5-27 Precedence Diagramming
Conventions
Other Methods

 Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique (GERT)

 combines flowgraphs, probabilistic networks, and decision trees
 allows loops back to earlier events and probabilistic branching