Sample: Project Gantt Chart

 

Project Gantt Chart

 

	January 2004								February 2004
Project Steps:	16	19	22	25	28	31	3	6		9	12	15	18	21
Digging a trench.A 50 metre length of trench  dug each day	1/16		1/23
Laying the sections of pipeline.				1/26			2/03
Welding the sections of pipeline.								2/04      2/06
Inspection/test of pipeline sections.										2/09		2/13
Filling in the trench													2/16	2/19

 Note: Saturdays and Sundays are expected to be none working holidays

 

Details:

1) Digging a trench

It takes 6 days to get the digging equipment on to site.   A 50 metre length of trench can be dug each day.

 

2) Laying the sections of pipeline.

It takes 7 days to get the pipes and the laying equipment on to site. 40 metres of pipeline can be placed in a day and the work must not encroach nearer than 150 metres on the team digging the trench.

 

3) Welding the sections of pipeline.

It takes 3days to get the welding equipment on site.  100metre of pipeline can be welded in a day but this work must not encroach nearer than 100metre on the team laying the pipeline.

4) Inspection/test of pipeline sections.

It takes 4days to get the inspection/test equipment on site. 125metres of pipeline can be inspected/tested in a day and this work must not encroach nearer than 125metres on the team welding the pipeline.

 

5) Filling in the trench.
It takes 4 days to get the equipment on site. 200metres of the trench can be filled in a day and this work must not encroach nearer than 100 metres on the team inspecting/testing the pipeline.

 

 

 

		Start		Finish
Activity	Activity time	Earliest	Latest	Earliest	Latest	Critical path
Digging a trench.A 50 metre length of trench  dug each day	6	Jan 16	Jan 19	Jan 23	Jan 23
Laying the sections of pipeline.	7	Jan 23	Jan 24	Feb 03	Feb 03
Welding the sections of pipeline.	3	Feb 03	Feb 04	Feb 05	Feb 06
Inspection/test of pipeline sections.	4	Feb 06	Feb 07	Feb 13	Feb 13
Filling in the trench	4	Feb 13	Feb 14	Feb 18	Feb 19

 

           

            The above presentation illustrates the critical paths for the above activities. A very important quantitative took for planning an activity or series of activities is the project analysis.  The manager of a project that requires the completion of a number of separate activities, the activities must be performed in some specific sequences, some activities must be finish first before some activities can start, must carefully plan the task in order that the project be completed within either a specific time limit of budget time.