Hi, thank you for sharing with us the steps needed for a Gantt chart, it will be really useful towards the upcoming project. I would like to add somethings to your comment.
First, I was thought that if any assignments that needed to be done were missed, the team members must come up with a “contingency plan” in order to be able to complete the task on time without having to miss the scheduled deadline in the gantt chart. From my experience in Capstone project, my group had some setbacks due to the slow progress of the design development, nevertheless we worked together with a contingency plan that allowed us to complete the project as scheduled in the Gantt chart. Maybe this might be out of context towards the development of a gantt chart but it is definitely a useful tip to meet deadlines in a project without having delays.
Second, there are somethings in within your steps that I think it shall be considered and it will be most helpful towards the development of a useful Gantt chart. In step 2, it is not only essential to identify the relationship between each task in a project, but the distribution of the work too. like who is most qualified to complete this task, how available the team members are, are additional resources necessary to complete the tasks? and in this step it is also necessary to decide on a reasonable deadline to complete each tasks (taking into account holidays and weekends. In step 4, I think that it is necessary to add that when the gantt chart is completed, it has to be distributed to team members for review and feedback. It’s important to do so, since it will be easier to allow for contingencies, plan additional resources, or even propose a revised schedule at this stage, rather than at a critical juncture later.