Gantt charts is a BMT that illustrates a project plan.
Constraining Elements of gantt charts
- Deliverability. There is an end product of quality.
- Time period given to produce.
- Availability of resources.
Advantages of gantt charts
- Overall picture. Visualisation of current progress.
- Flexible and applicable to many situations.
- Time estimations allowed. Managers can plan the use of resources to be as efficient as possible.
Disadvantages of gantt charts
- Estimations may be wrong.
- Unreliable for complex projects.
- High maintenance, updates required regularly.
- Cannot show dependency between each task.
- Does not capture all information.