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Constructing a Gantt Chart to Manage Alfred Mnguni Construction Company

   

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OPERATION MANAGEMENT1OPERATION MANAGEMENTName:Institution:Course Code:
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OPERATION MANAGEMENT2Question 1.1.1.Construct and explain in details how a Gantt chart would have helped to avoid thesituation in the case study above.Typically, a Gantt chart can be defined as a horizontal bar chart whose main purpose is to depictsthe tasks allocated to particular project against a specified calendar. Individual bar represents a particular project task. The task and the calendar timeline are listed on vertical side in the left-hand column and horizontal axis respectively (Dow & Taylor, 2015). Gantt chart indicates the progress and are usually applied for resource planning. Very little training is required to understand them since they provide a distinct, pictorial model of the project.Gantt chart for Alfred Mnguni construction company.Week 0 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15Test conversion ProgrammeConvert filesPrepare trainingConduct trainingRun parallel system end time for Mnguni companyAlfred Mnguni company required to list all the tasks that needed to be performed in this construction project. Tasks are indicated vertically on the Gantt chart. These tasks need to be identified by name and number (Hubbard, 2016). Alfred Mnguni need to horizontally indicate duration and resources to be used in Belmont project plus any other important information. The horizontal part of the graph indicate task connecting start and end duration. Having run 15 months late on completion of a construction project, the company need to show the relationship by joining tasks-can make diagram.
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OPERATION MANAGEMENT31.2.Explain the importance and significance of the-critical pathll and how you wouldidentify and control the activities on it.Critical path refers to method that was initiated for management of projects particularly in private sector.it model the tasks and project’s events as network.Importance and significance of CPM.CPM predicts the completion time of a project and any additional time required to extend on a project.It critically provides a clear view of the project graphically.It clearly indicates critical activities of a project that need to be maintained on the schedule.How to identify and control activities.Specify each task.Find out the sequence of those tasks.Draw network diagramEstimate the time required to complete individual task.Determine the critical path or simply the longest path through the network.Finally, Alfred Mnguni need to update the critical path diagram as the project progresses.1.3.Identify and describe three other project tools and techniques that you would haveused had you been the project manager.i.Program evaluation and review technique (PERT). This is graphical network model that critically depicts the activities of a project and indicate the relationship between those activities. It depicts duration, tasks and dependency information regarding a particular project.ii.Resource histogram. This refers to bar or column chart whose main purpose is to indicate the number of resources that have been deployed to a given project in a givenperiod of time.
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