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McGraw-Hill/Irwin © The McGraw-Hill Companies, All Rights Reserved
Creating Gantt Charts With Microsoft Project
Technology Plug-In T12
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LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Explain what a Gantt Chart is
2. Describe the main steps involved in creating a Gantt Chart using Microsoft Project
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INTRODUCTION
• Henry Gantt developed the famous Gantt Chart as a tool for scheduling work in factories
• A Gantt Chart is a standard format for displaying project schedule information by listing project activities and their corresponding start and finish dates in a calendar format
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INTRODUCTION
Gantt Chart In Microsoft Project
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CREATING GANTT CHARTS WITH MICROSOFT PROJECT
• Microsoft Project, a powerful project management software tool that can help manage schedules and resources and to track project progress
• Microsoft Project is one of the most widely used project management software applications available
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Microsoft Project Basics
• Microsoft Project is a Microsoft Office application, so it has many elements similar to other Office titles such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• The Project Guide is an interactive interface element in Microsoft Project that helps you work through your project from the standpoint of project management processes and goals
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Microsoft Project Basics
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Creating a Project File
• To create a blank Gantt Chart:1. On the File menu, click New
2. Under New, click the Blank Project link• Microsoft Project creates a new project, and the
New Project task pane is replaced by the Tasks pane of the Project Guide
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Creating a Project File
• To set up your project plan to be scheduled from the project start date and finish date:1. Click Project, then select Project Information 2. In the Start Date box, enter the start date
• By default, the State Date box shows today’s date
3. In the Schedule From box, click the Project Start Date
4. Leave the Project Finish Date box as is• Microsoft Project will calculate this date for you later
5. Click OK
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Creating a Project File
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Saving Your Project
• To save your project: 1. Click File, then select Save As
2. In the Save As dialog box, choose the drive and folder in which you want to save the new project
3. In the File Name box, enter a descriptive name for your project, and then click the Save button
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Entering Tasks
• To enter tasks directly into your project plan, follow these steps: 1. Make sure you are working in the Gantt Chart
• You can see the name of the current view in the Active View bar that runs vertically along the left side of the view
• If it does not say Gantt Chart, click View, then select Gantt Chart
2. Type the name of the task in the Task Name field
3. Press Enter or your down arrow key to move to the next row
• The task name is not recorded and other commands remain unavailable until you press Enter or the down arrow key
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Entering Tasks
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Moving Tasks
• To move a task from one row to another, follow these steps: 1. In the table portion of the Gantt Chart, select the
entire task row by clicking the gray row heading2. With your mouse pointer still over the row heading
(the pointer should appear as a black crosshair), drag the task to the location in the Gantt Chart where you want to place it
• A gray line along the row border follows your mouse movements, indicating where the task will be inserted when you release the mouse button
3. Release the mouse button to insert the task in the new location
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Inserting Additional Tasks
• To add a new task to other existing tasks, follow these steps: 1. In the table portion of the Gantt Chart, click
the row below where you want the new task to be inserted
2. Click Insert, then select New Task
3. Type the name of the new task, and then press Enter
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Deleting Tasks
• To delete a task you do not need, do this:1. Select the row heading, and then press the
Delete key• If you want to delete the entire task, click the
indicator• If you simply want to clear the task name, press
Enter or click elsewhere in the view
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Organizing Tasks into an Outline
• Tasks need to be structured representing the hierarchy of tasks from the broader perspective to the deep and detailed perspective
• A task at a higher outline level than other tasks is called a summary task
• The tasks beneath that summary task are called subtasks
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Organizing Tasks into an Outline
• To make a task a subtask:1. Click the task2. On the Formatting toolbar, click Indent
• The task is indented, and the task above it becomes its summary task
• To create a subtask under a subtask1. Click a task under a subtask2. Click Indent twice
• To move a subtask to a higher level:1. Click a subtask, and then click Outdent
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Organizing Tasks into an Outline
• To add a note to a task, follow these steps: 1. Click the task, and then click Task
Information on the Standard toolbar or press Shift-F2
2. Click the Notes tab
3. In the Notes area, type a note
4. When finished, click OK
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Adding Supplementary Information to Tasks
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Scheduling Tasks
• To develop an accurate and workable schedule that truly reflects how your project will run, you need to: – Set task durations– Identify dependencies, or the relationships,
among tasks– Schedule certain tasks to achieve specific
dates when necessary
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Setting Task Durations
• To enter a duration, follow these steps: 1. In the Duration field for each task, type the
duration, for example, 1w or 4d• If a duration is an estimate, add a question
mark after it, for example, 1w? or 4d?
2. Press Enter
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Setting Task Durations
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• Predecessor A task whose start or finish date determines the start or finish date of its successor task.
• Successor A task whose start or finish date is driven by its predecessor task.
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Establishing Task Dependencies
• To link tasks with the finish-to-start task dependency: 1. In the task sheet, select the two tasks you
want to link2. Drag from the predecessor to the successor
task if they are right next to each other• If they are not adjacent tasks, click the
predecessor, hold down the Ctrl key, and then click the successor
3. On the Standard toolbar, click Link Tasks
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Establishing Task Dependencies
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Establishing Task Dependencies
• There are four types of dependencies, as follows: 1. Finish-to-start (FS) - As soon as the predecessor
task finishes, the successor task can start
2. Finish-to-finish (FF) - As soon as the predecessor task finishes, the successor task can finish
3. Start-to-start (SS) - As soon as the predecessor task starts, the successor task can start
4. Start-to-finish (SF) - As soon as the predecessor task starts, the successor task can finish
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• SS
• FF
• SF
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Establishing Task Dependencies
• To apply a task dependency, follow these steps: – Select the task that is to become the successor in the
dependency you will be setting– On the Standard toolbar, click Task Information– Click the Predecessors tab– Click the first blank row in the Task Name field, and then
click the down arrow– Click the task that is to be the predecessor to the current
task– Click the Type field, and then select the type of task
dependency: Finish-to-Start (FS), Start-to-Start (SS), Finish-to-Finish (FF), Start-to-Finish (SF), or None
– Click OK
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Lead TimeOne way to make your project schedule more efficient is to overlap linked tasks where possible. Suppose you have a task that cannot begin until a previous task is finished. You realize that the predecessor does not actually have to be finished after it is 50 percent complete, the successor can begin. The successor essentially gets a 50 percent head start, hence the term lead time.
Lead time is expressed as a negative value. It can be a percentage of the predecessor, for example, 25%. Or, it can be a specific time period, for example, 4d or 1w.
Select:
Task Information > Predecessors tab > Lag field
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Overlapping Linked Tasks by Adding Lead-Time
• To enter lead-time for a linked task, follow these steps: – Select the successor task that is to have the
lead-time– On the Standard toolbar, click Task Information. – In the Task Information dialog box, click the
Predecessors tab– In the Lag field for the existing Predecessor, type
the amount of lead time you want for the successor
– Click OK
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Overlapping Linked Tasks by Adding Lead-Time
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Creating Milestones in Your Schedule
• To change a regular task into a milestone: 1. Select the task you want to become a
milestone
2. On the Standard toolbar, click Task Information
3. In the Task Information dialog box, click the Advanced tab
4. Select the Mark Task As Milestone check box
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Organizing Tasks into an Outline
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Adding Resources
• The following types of resources can be assigned to your tasks: – People or equipment – Materials – Cost items
• To add resources to your project, follow these steps: 1. Click View, then select Resource Sheet to switch to the
Resource Sheet view2. Click View, choose Table, then select Entry3. In the first Resource Name field, type a resource name,
such as Deployment Team and press Enter 4. Enter the names of other resources in the same way
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Adding Resources
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Adding Resources
• To assign a work resource to a task, follow these steps: 1. Click the task to which you want to assign
resources2. On the Standard toolbar, click Assign Resources3. In the dialog box, click the name of the work
resource you want to assign to the task, and then click the Assign button
4. The resource name moves to the top of the Resources list in the table and a default percentage appears in the Units field for the resource
5. When finished assigning resources to tasks, click the Close button
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Setting Up and Printing
• When you print a view, it becomes a type of report that further enhances your ability to manage the project
• To print a view, follow these steps: 1. Open the view, and arrange the data as you
want it to appear when printed
2. On the Standard toolbar, click Print
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Print Views
• To adjust how the view will look when printed, follow these steps: 1. Open the view, and arrange the data as you want it to appear
when printed2. Click File, then choose Page Setup 3. Specify the options you want for the printed view using the
controls on the different tabs of this dialog 4. When finished, click OK5. On the Standard toolbar, click Print Preview6. To make further adjustments to the print options, click Page
Setup7. To make further adjustments to the view itself, click Close the
Print Preview toolbar, and work in the view8. When finished with your adjustments, click Print on the
Standard toolbar
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Print Views
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Print Views
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Printing Reports
• Project has more than 40 built-in, preformatted reports
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Printing Reports
• To select and print a report, follow these steps: – Click View, then select Reports– In the Reports dialog box, double-click the report
category you want– Double-click the report you want– If a dialog box prompts you for more information,
such as a date range, enter it, and click OK– When ready to print the report, click Print on the
Print Preview toolbar– Select the page range and number of copies you
would like to print, and click OK
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