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Project Management Answers

What is the effect on the group if tasks are not divided equally?
List the reasons that an effective plan will help to have a project completed quicker and more efficiently.
Draw up a project Plan using a table in Word and fill out the details in each cell.
Draw up a project plan using Excel. Compare the two tools and describe the advantages and disadvantages of each method

Read the notes on methods to create Gantt Charts on the SDD section of HSC Online Click Here
Describe the advantages of using Gantt Charts.
Make yourself a template for a Gantt Chart using a spreadsheet.
Use your template to draw up Gantt Charts for some simple tasks you individually do such as getting ready for school. In doing this it is not much of a group task but it will get you used to doing Gantt Charts.
Imagine you are an event organiser for The Entertainment Centre. A famous band is coming and it is your job to manage the event. There are five people in your team. You must try to ensure that no one is waiting for others as far as possible, equitably divide up the tasks. You have six weeks to prepare and need to create a Gantt Chart to cover the following:
- posters and advertising (design, art work, printing and distribution)
- ticketing (pricing, printing, sales)
- lighting and sound