Project 1: Creating a Gantt chart for scheduling

You have been assigned the task of creating a Gantt chart for the Vendor Village for Hard Rock's Rockfest in July 2022. The Vendor Village is the designated space where vendors sell merchandise to festival attendees from booth spaces they have purchased in advance of the event. You have been given from October 2021 until the July 2022 event to manage this project. Reviewing TABLE 3.8 in your textbook (pg. 101) create a simple Gantt chart in Microsoft Excel or Word to schedule this project. Make sure your Gantt chart details the activities, timelines and responsible parties for getting this task done on time for the event

10:16 Case Studies Tube 3.3 ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION PROCESSOR in and building contracts 3 3 D Set TV . for TV 2 Turco 2 Those contact Conticing Sound and The contestan . . 5 3 T operation . e director 1 Sat policore any plan . Secare merchandise 2 Online 10:16 At the Hard Rock Cafe, like many organiza- tions, project management is a key planning tool. With Hard Rock's constant growth in ho- tels and cafes, remodeling of existing cafes, scheduling for Hard Rock Live concert and event venues, and planning the annual Rock- fest, managers rely on project management techniques and software to maintain schedule and budget performance. "Without Microsoft Project," says Hard Rock Vice-President Chris Tomasso, "there is no way to keep so many people on the same page." Tomasso is in charge of the Rockfest event, which is attended by well over 100,000 enthusiastic fans. The challenge is pulling it off within a tight 9-month planning horizon. As the event approaches, Tomasso devotes greater energy to its activities. For the first 3 months, Tomasso updates his Microsoft Project charts monthly. Then at the 6-month mark, he updates his progress weekly. At the 9-month mark, he checks and corrects his schedule twice a week. Project charts monthly. Then at the 6-month mark, he updates his progress weekly. At the 9-month mark, he checks and corrects his schedule twice a week. Early in the project management process, Tomasso identifies 10 major tasks (called lev- el-2 activities in a work breakdown structure, or WBS): talent booking, ticketing, market- ing/PR, online promotion, television, show production, travel, sponsorships, operations, and merchandising. Using a WBS, each of these is further divided into a series of sub- tasks. Table 3.80 identifies 26 of the major ac- tivities and subactivities, their immediate pre- decessors, and time estimates. Tomasso enters all these into the Microsoft Project software. 10Tomasso alters the Microsoft Project doc- ument and the time line as the project pro- gresses. "It's okay to change it as long as you keep on track," he states. Table 3.8 10:16 Case Studies Tube 3.3 ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION PROCESSOR in and building contracts 3 3 D Set TV . for TV 2 Turco 2 Those contact Conticing Sound and The contestan . . 5 3 T operation . e director 1 Sat policore any plan . Secare merchandise 2 Online 10:16 At the Hard Rock Cafe, like many organiza- tions, project management is a key planning tool. With Hard Rock's constant growth in ho- tels and cafes, remodeling of existing cafes, scheduling for Hard Rock Live concert and event venues, and planning the annual Rock- fest, managers rely on project management techniques and software to maintain schedule and budget performance. "Without Microsoft Project," says Hard Rock Vice-President Chris Tomasso, "there is no way to keep so many people on the same page." Tomasso is in charge of the Rockfest event, which is attended by well over 100,000 enthusiastic fans. The challenge is pulling it off within a tight 9-month planning horizon. As the event approaches, Tomasso devotes greater energy to its activities. For the first 3 months, Tomasso updates his Microsoft Project charts monthly. Then at the 6-month mark, he updates his progress weekly. At the 9-month mark, he checks and corrects his schedule twice a week. Project charts monthly. Then at the 6-month mark, he updates his progress weekly. At the 9-month mark, he checks and corrects his schedule twice a week. Early in the project management process, Tomasso identifies 10 major tasks (called lev- el-2 activities in a work breakdown structure, or WBS): talent booking, ticketing, market- ing/PR, online promotion, television, show production, travel, sponsorships, operations, and merchandising. Using a WBS, each of these is further divided into a series of sub- tasks. Table 3.80 identifies 26 of the major ac- tivities and subactivities, their immediate pre- decessors, and time estimates. Tomasso enters all these into the Microsoft Project software. 10Tomasso alters the Microsoft Project doc- ument and the time line as the project pro- gresses. "It's okay to change it as long as you keep on track," he states. Table 3.8