[Year 12 IT Apps] Gantt charts

Fri Nov 6 08:48:29 AEDT 2015

Tthese charts are a kind of codified visualisation for a project, an approximation for what could or has happened. After they get their mind around a Gantt chart, it is interesting to show students that the information can be displayed and analysed in a variety of ways such as with a PERT chart and that perhaps no one tool is the ‘best’ for every questions or management strategy. Kind of like looking at a landscape differently by changing the lens and filters on your camera.

A good analogy for this is that there is no one periodic table to display elements in chemistry, there are several variations and all are correct with each emphasising different things.

I need to verify this but I have heard that a road construction group relied on an interesting system based upon a daily helicopter camera rig flyover to document and track progress on the East Link freeway construction. Oddly enough,we do this as teachers by describing a wholistic student assessment consideration as a 'helicopter view’.

… Stand clear … 

Regards Roland

> On 5 Nov 2015, at 7:20 PM, Christophersen, Paula P <christophersen.paula.p at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
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> Greetings from China. Gantt charts are the only mandated tool, but students are free to use PERT charts.
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> Regards
> Paula
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> On 5 Nov 2015, at 11:40 am, "Vella, James" <jvella at mackillop.vic.edu.au <mailto:jvella at mackillop.vic.edu.au>> wrote:
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>> Hi Vera
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>> I think you’ll find that while you may choose to discuss PERT charts in your lessons around Project Management, you’ll find that the KK point in Unit 4 Outcome 2 (APS dot point 3) and the SAT outline on pg 38 of the new study explicitly state Gantt charts as the project management tool.
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>> Maybe Paula can jump in and clarify the point?
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>> JV
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>> HI everyone,
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>> I was wondering if anyone knew if Pert charts are also appropriate as they are a project management tool.
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>> Thankyou Vera 
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