Work individually or as a team to develop a project schedule. In this exercise, you will build a Gantt chart.8

a. Focus on a project that is relevant to you or your team.

b. Develop a WBS for a significant portion of your project (if you developed a WBS for Chapter 3, you can use it for this exercise).

c. Display the WBS in outline form on sheets of graph paper (if you are using project management software, display the tasks in it). Leave a few rows above your WBS outline.

d. On a row above the beginning of the WBS, start numbering columns to the left of the WBS.

These columns will represent the days of your project from Day 1 to the final day.

e. Estimate the time required to complete each task.

f. Determine any dependencies between tasks.

g. Draw a line to the left of each task representing the time it will take to accomplish. Begin with the first tasks that can be done. Start dependent tasks where required preceding tasks have ended.

h. Continue building your Gantt chart, keeping in mind dependencies and lag times.

i. When you are done, evaluate the project network you have created. Identify needs for required modification and opportunities to shorten the schedule.