A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart‚ developed by Henry Gantt in the 1910s‚ that illustrates a project schedule. Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish dates of the terminal elements and summary elements of a project. Terminal elements and summary elements comprise the work breakdown structure of the project. Some Gantt charts also show the dependency (i.e. precedence network) relationships between activities. Gantt charts can be used to show current schedule status using percent-complete
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White Paper Multiple Activity Charts Multiple Activity Charts (or Multi-Activity Charts) are a very useful tool for understanding the flow of work in a cyclical process and as a consequence understanding which resource is controlling the overall progress of the work. The tool can be used to model different scenarios to determine the optimum mix of resources for the work. The example below is based on using a tower crane to lift concrete from the street to a high floor for placing. Each resource
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CRITICAL CHAIN PROJECT MANAGEMENT A Postgraduate Project Report submitted to Manipal University in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY In Construction Engineering and Management Submitted by Priyanka P Under the guidance of Mr. MOHAMMED FARHAN SHARIFF Deputy Manager Project Planning & Co-ordination Brigade Enterprises Limited Bangalore Mr. ANUP WILFRED SEBASTIAN Assistant Professor Dept. of Civil Engineering M.I.T Manipal
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Henry Gantt’s legacy to production management is the following: * The Gantt chart: Still accepted as an important management tool today‚ it provides a graphic schedule for the planning and controlling of work‚ and recording progress towards stages of a project. The chart has a modern variation‚ Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT). * Industrial Efficiency: Industrial efficiency can only be produced by the application of scientific analysis to all aspects of the work in progress
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Control Charts Control charts‚ also known as Shewhart charts are tools used to determine if a manufacturing or business process is in a state of statistical control. The control chart was invented by Walter A. Shewhart‚ (also known as the father of statistical quality control) while working for Bell Labs in the 1920s. The company’s engineers were seeking to improve the reliability of their telephony transmission systems. The engineers had realized the importance of reducing variation in a manufacturing
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Gantt charts have become a common technique for representing the phases and activities of a project work breakdown structure (WBS)‚ so they can be understood by a wide audience all over the world. The technique is frequently used in Project Management to help breakdown the project.[5] A common error made by those who equate Gantt chart design with project design is that they attempt to define the project work breakdown structure at the same time that they define scheduled activities. This practice
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Assembly of medical records are done in * Chronological order according to “filing order of the medical record.” * Assemble forms according to the order given in this policy * Charts are identified with typewritten white labels with: 1) Patient Name 2) Electronic Health Record Number (MRN) Order of Chart Assemble 1. Face sheet * Patient Information and Guarantor 2. Consent Forms * Signed Yearly Consent Form * Medicare Consent Forms * Counseling
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them is to look at the processes and identify any issues or bottlenecks. Bottlenecks can occur at any point within the process from preparation to the completion of the process. To steam line a process it is imperative to identify possible issues where bottlenecking occurs. My flow chart for this assignment looked at the time it took me to get ready for work in the morning and getting to work on-time. Bottleneck While collecting the data for my flow chart‚ I found some areas in which bottlenecks
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The bar chart describes the changes of birth rate in five countries in 1970 and 2000. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features‚ and make comparisons where relevant. The bar chart shows the changes in birth rate in five different countries in two separate years. According to the chart ‚ only Somalia saw an increase in the birth rate between the two years. (c) There was a slight rise in the birth rate of Somalia from 3.2% to 3.7 % in 2000‚ by which time the country
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item being studied for compliance to a Quality Standard. Here it is a dimension such as the contents of a jar of fruit jam‚ the size of a pair of shoes etc. These are called X-bar and R charts. One calculates X-bar-bar and R-bar averages and these are the centre lines of the SPC run-charts that will be drawn. The charts MUST have these centre lines PLUS upper and lower control AND range limits. The points on these graphs MUST be joined so that a reader can follow the level of quality versus centre lines
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