Figure 1 provides a Gantt Chart with scheduled activities on a 3-year National Youth Employment Project in Ghana. The project has three major components out of which a detailed schedule has been prepared on a Gantt Chart. You are required to use Figure 1 to address the following questions:
(a) What is the significance of the thick black lines corresponding to the project components in scheduling the National Youth Employment Project?
(b) Critically examine Figure 1 and explain the weakness in the Gantt Chart which can affect the correct determination of critical activities on the National Youth Employment Project.
(c) Explain how you will monitor and control the National Youth Employment Project activities  

 

D WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish 2018 2019 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 ar 3 NATIONAL YOUTH 1059 Wed Tue 01-03-22 MPLOYMNT days 07-02-18 PROJECT 1 1 COMPONENT 1 45 days Fri 20-07-18 Thu 20-09-18 1.1 AI Project Procurements Project Procurements 45 days Fri 20-07-18 Thu 20-09-18 Performed 3 2 COMPONENT 2 930 days Ved 07-02-18 Tue 31-08-21 2.1 Conduct nation w ide 84 days Wed Mon 08-10-18 community 13-06-18 5 2.2 Meet youth 79 days Wed 31-10-18 Wed 13-06-18 associations across 16 Regions in 6 2.3 Tue 26-06-18 Perform youth eligibity screening Select quallied yout 99 days Wed 07-02-18 2.4 2.5 30 days Ned 21-07-21 Tue 31-08-21 Perfom Youth O days Mon Mon 15-04-19 15-04 Selection 15-04-19 3 COMPONENT 3 360 days Tue 02-04-19 Tue 18-08-20 10 3.1 Set up youth training 5 days Tue 02-04-19 Mon 08-04-19 centres Train sekec ted youth 70 days Thu 23-05-19 on apprenticehip and 11 3.2 Wed 28-08-19 3.3 Assign trained youth to mentors Perform training and mentorship for selected Ghanaian 12 25 days Thu 29-08-19 Wed 02-10-19 13 3.4 10 days Fri 25-10-19 Thu 07-11-19 Youth 14 3.5 COMPONENT 4 228 days Thu 03-10-19 Tue 18-08-20