When I worked as a software engineer our development manager insisted on weekly meetings. During these meeting we looked through our Gantt charts to figure out how much progress we had made, and whether our expected delivery times had changed. Our charts were updated. Progress was recorded and adjustments were made. This may have included adding additional tasks, or reallocating tasks to other engineers. I never really liked these meetings, since I initially felt I was being micromanaged. It was only over time did I see the benefit of these regular meetings. They were important to my line manager since, after all, he was accountable if we were not able to deliver the products we were building.
Project planning and management is an important part of TM470. The project management approach (or project model) chosen for any project depends on the nature of the software project that is being created. In turn, any representation of a plan must reflect the model that has been chosen.
I see Gantt charts as useful tools that help us to visualise and understand what needs to be done. I also view them as representations that can and do change. During your TM470 project I feel it is important to keep track of those changes. This is why I recommend that everyone creates a Gantt chart at the start of their project, takes a copy of it, and regularly updates it during the course of the project.
Make a habit of updating your Gantt every week. Be your own micromanager.
By the end of your project, the two version of your Gantt chart will be really helpful in terms of helping you to reflect on how your project went.
To make things easier for your EMA examiner, a suggestion is to provide a summary of the key tasks that are described in your Gantt chart. A summary of high level tasks helps your examiner to get an overview of what you present in your account of project work section.
When planning your project, other representations such as PERT charts could be used, but Gantt charts are easier to work with. When I worked as an engineer, I used MS Project which was pretty easy to use. There are now many different online tools that products that can be used, and a lot of different spreadsheet templates (but the investment in time in using a Gantt tool can often pay off).
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