Microsoft Project
Even ignoring the total inadequacy of the Gantt chart in planning an exploratory research project with one resource (namely, me), the technique has a number of problems.Of primacy to me is resource levelling. This is the method whereby scheduling one resource equally across two tasks doubles their respective times — i.e. the resource is levelled across the tasks. For a project such as mine, this is vital, and flawed; every task is performed by me, and has to be scheduled and levelled. The slightest flaw and the Gantt chart goes wild.
This just happened, in fact; because of one apparently unresoluble conflict, I have a 45 year gap between two tasks. The chart just scrolls off to the right. Picture this:
| Task | Duration | Start |
|---|---|---|
| Ontologies | ~30 days | 05/10/04 |
| Proof-of-concept applications | ~60 days | 20/01/49 |
Why, Project? Why?
I'm not convinced.
Posted at 2004-07-05 10:20:57 by Richard • Link to Microsoft Project
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