Scheduling tool

A scheduling tool for establishing an allocation of manpower during a project in which there is a plurality of phases comprising:

• a plurality of scheduling elements;
• a plurality of receiving means on each scheduling element, each pair of adjacent receiving means being spaced apart the same distance;
• a plurality of manpower measuring means, each being adapted to be mounted on one of said receiving means so that it projects in a direction perpendicular to said scheduling element, said manpower measuring means being adapted to be positioned end to end so that several manpower measuring means are mounted on each of said scheduling elements by several of said receiving means;
• a plurality of graph cards, each indicating the manpower requirements against time as a product of persons used and unit of time for a particular phase of said project;
• said graph cards being adapted to be mounted each on one of said scheduling elements so that the representation of time is in intervals, each of which is represented linearly a distance equal to said distance between each of said receiving means;
• indicating means including a plurality of locating means, each of said locating means adapted to secure a plurality of manpower measuring means end to end;
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• a manpower level marker for measuring the length of a number of manpower measuring means positioned end to end and indicating the total as a product of the persons employed and units of time of the manpower represented by said number of manpower measuring means;
• whereby when each one of said plurality of graph cards indicating manpower requirements for a particular phase is mounted on one of said scheduling elements and the plurality of scheduling elements are then aligned so that each graph indicates a duration of a phase and is positioned to indicate a span of time in relation to the duration of the project and said receiving means, representing the same interval of time during said project are in straight alignment so that manpower measuring means can be positioned on said receiving means to the height of said graph card and the manpower measuring means on aligned receiving means can be secured end to end on a locating means to be measured by said manpower level marker and thereby indicate the manpower requirements for a particular interval.