![]() And if you want to explore further, its billing as a "Microsoft Project replacement" would suggest real project managers might make more use of its features as well. Still, if you want a quick and dirty Gantt chart, you'll get that right out of the box. For example there's no way to show labels on the chart bars, which would be nice for printing and putting on a wall. ProjectLibre lacks some functionality you might consider obvious. It's not polished, but it does the basics and the price is right - free.ĭon't expect artistry. They've got a cloud-based solution under development, but their open source desktop-based software is what I use. Manipulating changing constraints and timelines in Excel is just too time consuming.Įventually I stumbled onto ProjectLibre. But the Gantt functionality is important. You want Gantt charts for your personal use - not full-on project management via software. My hat's off to real project managers - trips to Mars, nuclear fusion - since as you can see my project management needs are quite basic.But I know I've run into clients in market research and UX work who share those basic Gantt needs, and the use case raises the question: is there a simple, free piece of software that would get the job done?įor these simple purposes, Microsoft Project is overkill, as are the various web-based team project management systems. And then as projects run their course, it's easy to flip back to the Gantt every few days to make sure you're actually doing the things you'd promised. I find that in the beginning of a project I'm already thinking through all the project details for the proposal, so it's hardly any extra work to put those into a Gantt chart. So no one needs to worry about me spending an hour tweaking resource colors.īut I still do use Gantt charting for overall project management. If you're not careful you can spend more time making pretty Gantt charts than running projects. Fortunately for me most of the projects I run these days I'm overseeing at a fairly high level, and with a team of just a few people. I know I like Gantts, and that's a danger. This post is dedicated to those of you who love a good Gantt chart - or a not so good Gantt chart: ![]() Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.Disclaimer: Even though I gave a talk this year to the people, I'm not a real project manager! If you are unsure how to submit an assignment into the Originality Check tool, review the Turnitin Student Guide for step-by-step instructions. It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments into Turnitin prior to submitting them to your instructor for grading.Formatted according to APA 7th edition and Saudi Electronic University writing standards.Use the Saudi Digital Library to find your resources. Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.Charts/diagrams should be labeled and can be added within the body of your paper.Your assignment is required to be 6-8 pages in length, which does not include the title page and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.Discuss the ramifications of crashing the activity you crashed. Discuss the rationale for how you derived these costs.ħ. Include budgeted costs, percent complete, actual/projected cost, and over/under budget (and total). For each activity, determine hypothetical costs in a table. Discuss which path you would take and why.Ħ. Develop the network diagram from the probability estimates. Discuss the ramifications of slack in the CP for the activities and the project as a whole.ĥ. Calculate the slack time for each activity. Using MS Word, Google Docs, or similar software, create a PERT network diagram with the Critical Path (CP) identified.Ĥ. Discuss how you arrived at these time estimates.ģ. Determine and document both probabilistic (t0, tp, and tm) and deterministic time estimates. Discuss why you used the type of chart you did.Ģ. Create either a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) of the project or Gantt Chart for planning and scheduling the project. A free Project management software called Libre is also available for download hereġ. You may also use any other suitable project-based software. *Note: for the charts/diagrams, use MS Word, Excel, Google Docs or Google Sheets. This could be for a company or organization with which you are familiar, or even a personal project such as purchasing a home or planning a family gathering.Īfter your opening paragraph, which includes your thesis statement, identify your selected company or organization in no more than three paragraphs. Consider a recent project that you have worked on.
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