When creating my group’s Gantt Chart I would organize our tasks considering the following (in order of importance):

1. What tasks must be completed before this task can begin?

2. What is an ideal time to complete this task? A realistic time? A worse-case-scenario/behind-schedule time? (based on task history and work force)

3. How many members will be working on this task? What are their qualifications? Necessary involvement times? Any foreseeable shift changes?

4. How to organize the tasks to allow for slack or delay? How to organize for a setback on a critical path task?

5. Evaluate and review with all team members.