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Gantt Chart Tutorial 4007
Gantt Chart Tutorial 4007
Gantt Chart Tutorial 4007
4se wee%s as the time unit. *how more detai! on desi n tas%s, !ess detai! on reports/documentation/presentation tas%s. "our chart shou!d ha5e a0out 3/4 desi n tas%s, 6/4 documentation/presentation re!ated tas%s. De0u in and testin are time consumin tas%s. .e sure that 'our chart ref!ects the rea!it' of how 'ou spend 'our time. 7e5iew and update $antt chart e5er' 5 da's, more often if needed.
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:n constructin a $antt chart, %eep the tas%s to a mana ea0!e num0er ,no more than 65 or 202 so that the chart fits on a sin !e pa e. )ore comp!e# pro(ects ma' re8uire su0ordinate charts which detai! the timin of a!! the su0tas%s which ma%e up one of the main tas%s. 3or team pro(ects, it often he!ps to ha5e an additiona! co!umn containin num0ers or initia!s which identif' who on the team is responsi0!e for the tas%.
<ften the pro(ect has important e5ents which 'ou wou!d !i%e to appear on the pro(ect time!ine, 0ut which are not tas%s. 3or e#amp!e, 'ou ma' wish to hi h!i ht when a protot'pe is comp!ete or the date of a desi n re5iew. "ou enter these on a $antt chart as 1mi!estone1 e5ents and mar% them with a specia! s'm0o!, often an upside&down trian !e. A samp!e chart made usin )icrosoft +ro(ect appears 0e!ow. +ro(ect is the most wide!' used schedu!in too! for sma!! pro(ects.
We want 'ou use )* +ro(ect to create 'our $antt charts 0ecause it wi!! i5e 'ou e#perience usin this important pac%a e. To em0ed a +ro(ect $antt chart into a Word document, et the chart showin on the screen, then 9dit C Cop' +icture... C to $:3 fi!e. 3rom there 'ou can import the if fi!e into Word. "ou ma' ha5e to rotate it D0 de rees in )* +aint to et it to fit and 0e reada0!e. Do ;<T put the Chart in 'our document as a >+9$ fi!e. 4se a non&!oss' format, such as a $:3 fi!e. .ottom !ine: )a%e it !oo% oodE