Consider a project Gantt chart with the following conditions (see Figure 12.22). Susan is your only programmer
Question:
Consider a project Gantt chart with the following conditions (see Figure 12.22). Susan is your only programmer and she is responsible for Activities 3 and 4, which overlap. In resource-leveling the project so that Susan is only working a maximum of 8 hours each day, what would the new Gantt chart look like? What would be the new project completion date?
A: The duration of days is with 8 hours per day. Susan is the only programmer currently working on both activities 3 and 4; these activities cannot overlap and need to be in series. Activity 4 needs to be postponed by 2 days. With the new start state being Thursday, July 3. Thereafter activity 6 starts after the completion of both 4 and 6 – with the new start date for 6 being set one-day layer. The new project completion should be the date Thursday, July 10 th.