Question: Knowing that you are learning a course on project management, a member of your family has asked you to prepare a professional-looking chart for a

Knowing that you are learning a course on project management, a member of your family has asked you to prepare a professional-looking chart for a home-building plan. He has provided you with a list of project tasks with durations (as found in the attached file).

1. Prepare a Gantt Chart for this project. Note that in the Gantt Chart, show the following:

  • Project start date (as milestone) supposing that the project had begun on your most recent date of birth. Project finish date (as milestone).
  • Organize the tasks into summary tasks and subtasks. Identify possible milestones. Assign possible resources to tasks.
  • Create links between tasks.
  • Save the project as baseline. The project task Make a budget was completed by 50 percent. Show the progress of the task (how much has been accomplished?)

2. What is the overall completion time of the project?

Make a budget 30 days
Home plans 1 day
Prepare the house drawing plan 20 days
Prepare specifications (discription of materials, equipments used,) 10 days
Approve the plan 0 days
Approve specifications 0 days
Building permit 1 day
Prepare necessary documentation 30 days
Seek appraisal and approval of the building permit 15 days
Building permit issued 0 days
Contracts & scheduling 1 day
Find a qualified contractor 7 days
Prepare construction documents required to fulfill the contract 10 days
Sign the contract 1 day
Prepare the construction schedule 7 days
Site preparation 1 day
Prepare temporary accomodations 3 days
Lay out the house from the plot plan 1 day
Grading 2 days
Excavate for a basement 1 day
Foundation 1 day?
Erect forms 3 days
Pour concrete (including waiting time for concrete to dry) 20 days
Remove forms 1 day
Foundation certification 0 days
Framing 1 day?
Install floor joists 3 days
Install sub-flooring 2 days
Erect stud walls 2 days
Frame roof 5 days
Install doors and windows 2 days
Utilties 1 day?
Electrical 1 day?
Rough in 5 days
Building inspection 6 days
Plumbing 1 day?
Rough in 5 days
Building inspection 1 day
Gas 1 day?
Rough in 3 days
Building inspection 0 days
Rough-ins complete 0 days
Walls 1 day?
Hang drywall 3 days
Tape and fininsh drywall 10 days
Painting 6 days
Roofing 1 day?
Install sheathing 3 days
Lay shingles 5 days
Install appliances 4 days
Final inspection 0 days

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