Project Scheduling

One of the many ongoing projects that Path Mark shopping centers face is the modeling and remodeling of the companyʼs store displays. Every month Path Mark remodels the display in the front of the door so that customers can be advertised to right upon entrance into the store. Most times the items that are on sale in the store weekly are arranged right in the front of the store to allow impulse purchasing and to create customer awareness of what is actually being sold within the store. When holiday seasons come around it is the responsibility of the project managers to create and arrange attractive store displays that encourage the season and encourage shopping.

The project manager has the tasks off deciding what the display should be, the colors that will be involved in the display and what store items will be advertised along with the display. The project manager also has the responsibility of choosing who he wants to be in charge of putting the display together and if they want the display to be specifically aimed at certain departments within the store.

Gannt Charts are often used within Path Mark project activities because of the convience they serve to organizing and handling projects. Since many of the projects are simple it is an easy way to keep organization within the company and it is widely understood by management as well as employees. Not all projects can be organized through Gannt charts because Pathmark does have some very complex projects and Gannt charts become unwieldy. With the example of the project store displays it is easy to use Gannt charts to organize the activity descriptions through what workers are needed, the arrangement of the products and furnishings, and any installments needed for the project.

Pathmark has done a terrific job as far as the project planning and doesn't need many changes. The company can do a better job in making sure more people are qualified enough to create and run a project beside the project managers. The company also tends to make the changes far too often and the remodeling of the store for projects can confuse customers who have established themselves and familarized themselves with the store.