GANNT Charts in Excel without using Formula

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 Step One

Great a Grid in either Word, Excel or PowerPoint

Paste using ‘Keep Source Formatting’

Usually you will need 7 columns for Descriptions and one column for each time
period
                               
                               
                   
                   
                   
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               

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 Step Two - Add your Headings

                Month       Month     Month

One Two Three
  Making
  a Tool Box
          Week Week Week Week Week Week Week Week Week
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
No Heading Task Start Finish Duration Completed                  
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               

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 Task Three – Populate the Tasks

                Month       Month     Month

Making a Tool Box One Two Three
              Week Week Week Week Week Week Week Week Week
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
No Heading Task Start Finish Duration Completed                  
1 Concept What are the requirements of the box                          
2 Design Selection of type of wood                          
3   Box dimensions                          
4   Hardware needed                          
5   Creation of Drawings                          
6   Re-design                          
7 Procurement Costing                          
8   Purchasing Wood                          
9   Purchasing Hardware                          
10   Purchase of New Tools                          
11 Site Clear Space to Work in                          
12   Ensure all tools at hand and sharpened                          
13                              

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 Task Four – Select End Date for Project

A Diamond is used to determine the end point of something

                Month       Month     Month

One Two Three
            Making
  a Tool Box
Week Week Week Week Week Week Week Week Week
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
No Heading Task Start Finish Duration Completed                  
1 Concept What are the requirements of the box                          
2 Design Selection of type of wood                          
3   Box dimensions                          
4   Hardware needed                          
5   Creation of Drawings                          
6   Re-design                          
7 Procurement Costing                          
8   Purchasing Wood                          
9   Purchasing Hardware                          
10   Purchase of New Tools                          
11 Site Clear Space to Work in                          
12   Ensure all tools at hand and sharpened                          
13 End                          

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 Task 5 – Create GANNT Chart

                Month       Month     Month

One Two Three
            Making
  a Tool Box
Week Week Week Week Week Week Week Week Week
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
No Heading Task Start Finish Duration Completed                  
                               
1 Concept What are the requirements of the box Week 1 Week 1 1 week 0%                  
2 Design Selection of type of wood Week 2 Week 2 1 week 0%                  
3   Box dimensions Week 2 Week 3 2 Weeks 0%                  
4   Hardware needed Week 2 Week 3 2 weeks 0%                  
5   Creation of Drawings Week 3 Week 3 1 week 0%                  
6   Re-design                          
7 Procurement Costing Week 3 Week 4 2 weeks 0%                  
8   Purchasing Wood Week 4 Week 4 1 week 0%                  
9   Purchasing Hardware Week 4 Week 4 1 week 0%                  
10   Purchase of New Tools Week 4 Week 4 1 week 0%                  
11 Site Clear Space to Work in Week 5 Week 5 1 Week 9%                  
12   Ensure all tools at hand and sharpened Week 5 Week 5 1 Week 9%                  
13 End                          

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Step Six – Add Flow

                Month       Month     Month

One Two Three
              Week Week Week Week Week Week Week Week Week
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
No Heading Task Start Finish Duration Completed                  
                               
1 Concept What are the requirements of the box Week 1 Week 1 1 week 0%                  
2 Design Selection of type of wood Week 2 Week 2 1 week 0%                  
3   Box dimensions Week 2 Week 3 2 Weeks 0%                  
4   Hardware needed Week 2 Week 3 2 weeks 0%                  
5   Creation of Drawings Week 4 Week 4 1 week 0%                  
6   Re-design                          
7 Procurement Costing Week 4 Week 5 2 weeks 0%                  
8   Purchasing Wood Week 5 Week 5 1 week 0%                  
9   Purchasing Hardware Week 5 Week 5 1 week 0%                  
10   Purchase of New Tools Week 5 Week 5 1 week 0%                  
11 Site Clear Space to Work in Week 6 Week 6 1 Week 9%                  
12   Ensure all tools at hand and sharpened Week 6 Week 6 1 Week 9%                  
13 End                          

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 Then add all the next tasks

11 Site Clear Space to Work in Week 6 Week 6 1 Week 9%                  

12   Ensure all tools at hand and sharpened Week 6 Week 6 1 Week 9%                  
13 Manufacture                            
14                              
15                              
16                              
17                              
18 End                          

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Later, We can develop the Excel to create and interactive GANNT Chart

A quick look can be found at –

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA67g6zaKOE

Good Luck!

Hugh West Cohort 9