Three people, six jobs, ten days
Kestrel Mutual is a small insurance firm. It opens a new branch in ten working days. The office needs sockets, a switch, Wi-Fi and a test.
You have three people. One cannot do everything. Who does what, and when?
By the end of this lesson
Note
I can give each person the right jobs and draw them on a Gantt chart.
Key words
| Word | What it means |
|---|---|
| Gantt chart | a chart with the tasks down the side and the days along the top |
| Task | one job in the plan |
| Dependency | a task that must finish before another can start |
| Resource | a person, a tool or a part that a task needs |
| Strength | something a person does well |
| Overload | giving a person more days of work than they have free |
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Starter
Have a go
Starter
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This is practice
Important
Your real plan uses the exam board's own template and brief. Kestrel Mutual is invented. Learn the skill here, then ask your teacher how the real template is laid out.
Match the person to the job
Read what each person is good at. Give them the jobs that use that strength. Then check how many days each person has free.
A good plan uses strengths. It also keeps nobody busier than their free days.
The team and the jobs
| Person | Strength | Days free |
|---|---|---|
| Priya | Cabling and fitting sockets | 8 |
| Marcus | Setting up a switch and Wi-Fi | 6 |
| Joy | Testing and writing guides | 6 |
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Worked example: check the days
| Person | Jobs | Days of work | Days free | Fits? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priya | Cables 4 + sockets 2 | 6 | 8 | Yes: 6 is less than 8 |
| Marcus | Switch 3 + Wi-Fi 2 | 5 | 6 | Yes: 5 is less than 6 |
| Joy | Test 2 + guide 3 | 5 | 6 | Yes: 5 is less than 6 |
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