have available. Do not over-commit resources and allow some time
in the schedule for holdups,overruns, quality rejections, failures
in delivery, etc.
Once the Gantt chart is drawn, you can see how long will it take
to complete your project. Thekey steps to be carried out to ensure
successful completion of the project should be clearly
visible.
In practice professional project managers use sophisticated
software like Microsoft Project or Microsoft Excel to create Gantt
charts . Not only do these packages make the drawing of Ganttcharts
easier, they also make subsequent modification of plans easier and
provide facilities for monitoring progress against plans. Tables
and spreadsheets can also be used to create simple andeasy to
change charts without Microsoft Project. Spreadsheets with coloured
bars are most usefulfor the simplest projects.
