Transcript Gary Chefetz MSProjectExperts Henry Laurence Gantt Using the Gantt Chart to Optimize a Schedule Model THE GANTT CHART, STILL VITAL AFTER 100+ YEARS GARY L CHEFETZ Microsoft.

Gary Chefetz
MSProjectExperts
Henry Laurence Gantt
Using the Gantt Chart to Optimize a Schedule Model
THE GANTT CHART, STILL VITAL AFTER
100+ YEARS
GARY L CHEFETZ
Microsoft Project MVP
 Author or Co-author of 13 books
 Microsoft Certified IT Professional
 Microsoft Certified Trainer
 CEO MSProjectExperts
 Recovering PMO Director
 Passionate Business Theory Junkie
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EXPLORING OUR ROOTS
HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE
Karol Adamiecki
3/18/1866 – 5/16/1933
Henry Laurence Gantt
1861 – 11/23/1919
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KAROL ADAMIECKI
One of the most famous management researchers
in Central and Eastern Europe
 Began his research in St. Petersburg Russia, and
moved to Poland in 1891
 Inventor of workflow diagrams showing
interdependencies in 1896
 1903 published first article on his theories in
Polish and Russian
 1931 published more widely known article on the
Harmonograf or Harmonogram
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THE LAW OF HARMONY IN MANAGEMENT
Harmony of choice (all production tools should
be compatible with each other, with special
regard to their output production speed)
 Harmony of doing (importance of time
coordination, schedules and timetables)
 Harmony of spirit (importance of creating a
good team)
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ADAMIECKI’S HARMONOGRAPH
Source: Project Management with CPM, PERT and precedence
diagramming. Moder, Phillips, and Davis, 1983
HENRY LAURENCE GANTT
1861 to 1919
 Mechanical Engineer
 Popularized “Gantt” charting first half of 1910s
 Designed the task and bonus system of wage
payment
 The social responsibility of business
 1916 Work, Wages and Profit
 1919 Organizing for Work
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GANTT THE IDEALIST
“We all realize that any reward or profit that
business arbitrarily takes, over and above that
to which it is justly entitled for service
rendered, is just as much the exercise of
autocratic power and a menace to the
industrial peace of the world, as the autocratic
military power of the Kaiser was a menace to
international peace. This applies to Bolshevists
as well as to Bankers.”
HENRY GANTT’S IDLENESS EXPENSE CHART
Source: Organizing for Work. Henry L. Gantt, 1919
MANAGEMENT SCIENTIST
“This chart system has been in use only a few years,
but it is so simple that it is readily understood by
the workman and employer, and so comprehensive
that one intelligent workman made the remark,
“If we chart everything we are doing that way,
anybody can run the shop.” While we are hardly
prepared to agree with this opinion, we are entirely
satisfied that if the facts about a business can be
presented in a compact and comprehensive
manner, it will be found possible to run any
business much more effectively than has been the
custom in the past.”
DAWN OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT THEORY
The Industrial Revolutions
 Late 1800s - The Second Industrial Revolution
 Product Production
 Factory Process Optimization
 Frederick Winslow Taylor
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THE PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT
Develop a "science" for every job, including rules
motion, standardized work implements, and
proper working conditions.
 Carefully select workers with the right abilities for
the job.
 Carefully train these workers to do the job, and
give them proper incentives to cooperate with the
job science.
 Support these workers by planning their work and
by smoothing the way as they go about their jobs.
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Frederick Winslow Taylor, 1911
PURPOSE OF THE SCHEDULE MODEL
The purpose of the schedule model is to provide
a useful “road map” that can be used by the
project manager and the project team to assist
them in completing the project successfully.
PMI Practice Standard for Scheduling
Stakeholders
ELEMENTS OF DEVLOPING A GOOD SCHEDULE
Determine how the schedule will be developed
 Understand the full scope of the project
 Identify the project and schedule
 Establish project calendars and work periods
 Establish the optimum Project Update Cycle
 Establish the Project Update Method
 Establish an effective activity coding structure
 Determine resource planning requirements
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