Gantt Chart Introduction. A Gantt chart is a visual project management tool first developed and used by Henry Gantt during World War I. Gantt charts‚ also known as bar charts‚ time lines‚ or milestone charts are one of the most popular and useable ways to present project information. The parts of a Gantt chart. A Gantt chart lists tasks or phases of a project from top to bottom and has time running from left to right. Each task has a start date and duration (or end date). Planned tasks are usually
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the detailed plan will: Include a schedule and Gantt chart‚ milestones‚ and deliverables. Include Vendor and Partner resources that exist as line items within the Project Plan. Include the following date-related information: a. Originally scheduled start and end dates (including milestones and deliverables) b. Anticipated start dates and end dates for future tasks‚ subtasks‚ and activities‚ if schedule fluctuation has occurred c. Actual start and end dates for all current and completed
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Henry Gantt’s legacy to production management is the following: * The Gantt chart: Still accepted as an important management tool today‚ it provides a graphic schedule for the planning and controlling of work‚ and recording progress towards stages of a project. The chart has a modern variation‚ Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT). * Industrial Efficiency: Industrial efficiency can only be produced by the application of scientific analysis to all aspects of the work in progress
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Gantt charts have become a common technique for representing the phases and activities of a project work breakdown structure (WBS)‚ so they can be understood by a wide audience all over the world. The technique is frequently used in Project Management to help breakdown the project.[5] A common error made by those who equate Gantt chart design with project design is that they attempt to define the project work breakdown structure at the same time that they define scheduled activities. This practice
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A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart‚ developed by Henry Gantt in the 1910s‚ that illustrates a project schedule. Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish dates of the terminal elements and summary elements of a project. Terminal elements and summary elements comprise the work breakdown structure of the project. Some Gantt charts also show the dependency (i.e. precedence network) relationships between activities. Gantt charts can be used to show current schedule status using percent-complete
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The Program Evaluation and Run Technique (PERT) chart is a model for project management. It is a tool designed to represent the tasks involved in a project and analyze the time required for completion during the project management life cycle. It also helps to identify the minimum time required to complete the project. It was developed to simplify the planning and scheduling of a project where all the details and durations of the activities are not known at the start itself. It is used especially
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CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF RELATED STUDIES 2.1 RELATED STUDIES 2.1.1 Computer Reservations System According from the wikipedia‚ A computer reservations system or central reservation system (CRS) is a computerized system used to store and retrieve information and conduct transactions related to air travel‚ hotels‚ car rental‚ or activities. Originally designed and operated by airlines‚ CRSes were later extended for the use of travel agencies. Major CRS operations that book and sell tickets for
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similar types of project and cannot be applied to different type of project. Advantage of Gantt and PERT charts: 1. It gives the start time and end time of the project. 2. It gives you a precise time of each step of the project. 3. It gives you good view of which steps are the main or additional. 4. It provides exact prospective of which step depends on the other. Advantages of Gantt Charts. 5. It creates a picture of complexity. We think in pictures. Therefore‚ if we can see
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1. INTRODUCTION The phenomena of calendar effects in stock markets seem to be a center of curiosity for many researchers across the world. Following many studies about the significance of calendar anomalies‚ testing the presence of Monday effect and January effect appears to be an area of interest. The aim of this study is to discuss about calendar anomalies and its significance. It should be noted that the study will focus mainly on Monday effect and January effect on the stock returns of companies
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