GANTT CHARTS.pptx

Gannt chart nursing administration and management

1. GANTT CHARTS Jagatap JM Krishna institute of nursing sciences, karad

2. GANTT CHARTS Early in this century Henry L. Gantt developed the Gantt Chart as a means of controlling production. It depicted a series of events essential to the completion of a project or program . It is usually used for production activities . It could be applied to a project such as implementing a modality of primary nursing or implementing case management.

3. Definition A chart in which a series of horizontal lines shows the amount of work done in certain periods of time in relation to the amount planned for those periods.

4. These are possible nursing actions for a project: 1. Gather data 2. Analyze data 3. Develop a plan 4. Implement the plan. 5. Evaluation, feedback, and modification

5. Need  Avoid Completion Confusion  Keep Everyone on the Same Page  Understand Task Relationships  Effectively Allocate Resources  Get a Handle on the Future

6. Avoid Completion Confusion : Gantt charts were created to keep users on track, providing a visual timeline for starting and finishing specific tasks. By providing a visual overview of milestones and other key dates. Keep Everyone on the Same Page : Where there is a visual framework for the work to be done, there are fewer chances for misunderstanding, especially when it comes to highly complex tasks Understand Task Relationships : These charts can make clear how various tasks are interrelated and perhaps rely on the completion of another to meet specific objectives.  A Gantt charts makes it very easy to visualize related tasks

7. Effectively Allocate Resources :  The more closely the chart is followed, the better chance there is of keeping project costs within budget while also better assuring on-time completion. Get a Handle on the Future:  Gantt chart advantages include helping decision-makers look farther ahead to ensure each given project is working toward the achievement the organization’s long-term strategic objectives.

8. PROCESS 1. Identify the Purpose 2 . Define the Project Timeline 3 . Break the Project Down into Manageable Pieces 4 . Create Progress Bars 5 . Define the Critical Path 6 . Add Milestone Markers

9. Identify the Purpose - It is helpful to first decide whether this is a project or a process, because diagramming a process might work better with a flow chart. 2 . Define the Project Timeline - Decide how to divide the increments of time for the duration of the project. Each one should have a start date, end date,

10. 4. Create Progress Bars - The next step is to create a progress bar for each task. A progress bar is simply a horizontal bar that should be in line with the task name it represents and should begin beneath its start date and end beneath its end date

11. 5. Define the Critical Path - What is a critical path? It is a method of looking at all of the activities in the Gantt chart, considering the timing and dependent relationships of each, and calculating the longest path from start to completion of the project.

12. 6. Add Milestone Markers - Choose a symbol to represent milestones, that is, major events that either have a large part in the process or must be completed before progress can continue. Place them on the chart beneath the date or time when they occur

13. Advantages  It helps in planning and monitoring the work of project  Time is explicitly expressed in the chart  All tasks are visibly at a glance in relation to other  Deadlines are depicted in the chart.

14. Limitation  Gantt charts, because of their success, form the most easy to use and the most widely used scheduling tools. But these charts are also accompanied with some limitation  In such charts, it is very necessary to keep on updating the charts, in order to keep it in current form.  The charts is not able to directly reveal the costs of the alternate loadings.

15.  These charts also do not consider the varying processing times among work centers . Other limitations include the inability to include certain constraints like time, scope, and costs.

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