The work dislocation construction basically is a decomposition of the work to be completed by the undertaking squad in order to successfully carry through the undertaking aims and deliverables. It’s a really practical tool to visualize the work that needs to be done. nevertheless that is about all it’s utile for. The information provided by the work dislocation construction is non plenty to let the undertaking squad to place any mileposts or points of significance in the undertaking. At this phase each component of the undertaking has merely been

identified. none of them have been clip scheduled. cost estimated or placed in a unequivocal chronological order. doing it hard to place any important mileposts. Network scheduling refers to the graphical representation of activities that define the sequence of work in a undertaking. It is an of import tool used to visualize the chronological order of activities needed to be completed in order to run into the undertaking deliverables and aims. The undertaking squad decided to utilize Microsoft undertaking to develop the web agenda for the conveyor belt undertaking.

However before a web agenda could be produced it was necessary to come in some of import information into Microsoft undertaking. First the work calendar had to be customised. It was necessary to guarantee that work was merely completed from Monday to Friday during an 8 hr work twenty-four hours and that all relevant public vacations which would impact work were accounted for. Below in Figure 1 is the work calendar in Microsoft undertaking. Following this the undertaking squad could come in the estimated continuance of each work bundle and put them in chronological order.

With the conveyor belt undertaking set to get down on the 4th of January 2010. Microsoft undertaking estimated the undertaking would be complete on the 2nd of February 2012 and would take a sum of 530 yearss to complete. On the undermentioned page in Figure 2 is a gant chart produced by Microsoft undertaking which illustrates the agenda of each activity in the undertaking. It is rather clear that the web of the undertaking isn’t really sensitive. Both the gant chart on the old page and the web diagram at the terminal of this subdivision demo a clear critical way in ruddy.

Although there are some activities with merely a few yearss slack. viz. the assembly of preproduction theoretical accounts which merely has 5 yearss slack. the staying activities in the undertaking non on the critical way have 30 or more yearss slack. If some of the activities were to detain it isn’t really likely that a batch of critical waies would develop since bulk of the activities have a sensible sum of slack. Utilities certification is easy the most flexible of the activities since it has the largest sum of slack adding up to 115 yearss.

Now that the undertaking squad had successfully developed a valid web agenda it is more convenient to place important mileposts in the undertaking. Besides the start and terminal day of the months. 4th January 2010 and 2nd February 2012 severally. the undertaking squad was able to place two other mileposts listed below: •Integration First Phase and •System Hard/Software Test The first stage of integrating was identified as a milepost since its start day of the month is to a great extent reliant on so many other activities.

Before integrating foremost stage can even get down. six other activities predating it must besides be completed. In add-on to this integrating foremost stage is on the critical way. intending if there were to be any holds which affected the start day of the month of this activity so there would be a hold in the full undertaking. In contrary to this the system hard/software trial was determined to be a important milepost because it had so many activities reliant on its successful completion.

Four other activities could non get down until the system hard/software trials were completed. Similarly to integrating foremost stage. the system hard/software trials besides fall on the critical way. therefore if there any holds on this activity it will detain the overall undertaking and detain the start of other activities. Whilst making the web agenda for the conveyor belt undertaking we have been able to bring forth two utile graphical representation of the undertaking agenda. Both a gant chart and a web diagram have been included in the study.

Both are highly utile tools to visualize how the undertaking and its activities are scheduled but both are besides inherently different. The Gantt chart is more utile in stand foring the timing of assorted undertakings which are required to successfully finish the undertaking where as the web diagram is more utile in placing the assorted undertakings of the undertaking and telling them in their chronological order. Both charts have their ain advantages and disadvantages severally. Below in Table 1 is a sum-up of both web agendas advantages and disadvantages.