Subject: Production Engineering and Robotics

Difficulty: Medium

Marks: 8 Marks

Gantt Chart: Gantt Chart is a project planning tool that can be used to represent the timing of tasks required to complete a project. Because Gantt chats are simple to understand and easy to construct, they are used by most project managers for all but the most complex projects.

[1] In a Gantt Chart, each task takes up on row.

2] Dates run along the top in increments of days, weeks or months, depending on the total length of the project.

[3] The expected time for each task is represented by a horizontal bar whose left end marks the expected beginning of the task and whose right end marks the expected completion date.

[4] Tasks mayrun sequentially, in parallel or overlapping.

[5] Gantt charts are particularly helpful ways of dealing with scheduling tasks, understanding critical paths of project and planning of resources.

Importance of Gantt Chart

[1] It provides actual state of operation

[2] It helps to decide exact duration of completion of the activity

[3] It is useful to find manufacturing lead time

[4] Comparison of standard and actual time is possible

Application of Gantt Chart in Project Planning:

Gantt Chart represents graphically on a time scale as to when certain operation would be performed. It is useful in recording the progress of the schedule. For example, a Gantt Chart in below figure, shows the work already completed as on today (Say on 4th Oct. 1999),

1. Job #P06 is complete.

2. Job #P07 and #P10 are partially over.

3. Job #P08 has not yet started as its starting date is 18th Oct. 1999.