The most common type of display is the bar or Gantt chart, named after Henry Gantt, who first utilized this procedure in 1917.

1. Project
Management
GANTT CHART
By Qadir Nawaz Abbasi
Mechanical Engineering
Dept:
MUET SZAB Campus
Khairpur Mir’s
August, 2018

2.  The most common type of display is the bar or Gantt
chart, named after Henry Gantt, who first utilized this
procedure in 1917.
 The Gantt chart is a means of displaying simple activities
or events plotted against time or dollars.
 An activity represents the amount of work required to
proceed from one point in time to another. Events are
described as either the starting or ending point for either
one or several activities.
 Gantt charts are most commonly used for exhibiting
program progress or defining specific work required to
accomplish an objective.
 Gantt charts often include such items as listings of
activities, activity duration, schedule dates, and
Introduction

3.  Gantt charts are advantageous in that they are simple to
understand and easy to change.
 They are the simplest and least complex means of
portraying progress (or the lack of it) and can easily be
expanded to identify specific elements that may be
either behind or ahead of schedule.

4.  Gantt charts provide only description of how the
entire program or project reacts as a system,
 The Gantt chart have three major limitations.
 First, Gantt charts do not show the interdependencies
of the activities, and therefore do not represent a
“network” of activities.
 This relationship between activities is crucial for
controlling program costs without this relationship,
Gantt charts have little predictive value.
 The second major discrepancy is that the Gantt chart
cannot show the results of either an early or a late
start in activities.
 The third limitation is that the Gantt chart does not
show the uncertainty involved in performing the
activity and, therefore, does not readily admit itself to
sensitivity analysis.

5.  Draw Gantt Chart for the projects and identify the critical path
Activity Preceding Activity Time
(Weeks)
A — 4
B — 6
C A, B 7
D B 8
E B 5
F C 5
G D 7
H D, E 8
I F, G, H 4

6.  Draw Gantt Chart for the projects and identify the critical path
Activity Preceding Activity Time
(Weeks)
A — 7
B — 8
C — 6
D A 6
E B 6
F B 8
G C 4
H D, E 7
I F, G, H 3