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Understanding Gantt Charts for Projects

A Gantt chart provides a visual timeline that shows the tasks, milestones, and duration of each task in a project. It displays the start and end dates of tasks, how they relate to each other, and the overall project progress. The horizontal axis represents the total time span of the project broken into increments, while the vertical axis lists the tasks. Horizontal bars of varying lengths depict the sequence, timing, and duration of each task.

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Understanding Gantt Charts for Projects

A Gantt chart provides a visual timeline that shows the tasks, milestones, and duration of each task in a project. It displays the start and end dates of tasks, how they relate to each other, and the overall project progress. The horizontal axis represents the total time span of the project broken into increments, while the vertical axis lists the tasks. Horizontal bars of varying lengths depict the sequence, timing, and duration of each task.

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What is a Gantt Chart

A Gantt Chart lets you communicate your


project timeline visually in an easy to
understand way.
Gantt chart was created by Henry L. Gantt in the 1910’s.
He was an American engineer and social scientist.
What does a Gantt chart show? • The project’s start and finish
dates
• When the tasks start and finish
and how long they should take
• How tasks group together,
overlap and depend on each
other
• The project’s progress and
whether you’re keeping up
with the schedule

Name your project


Add your tasks
Update task start and end dates
Add milestones and colour-code
tasks
What does a Gantt chart show?

• Horizontal axis representing the


total time span of the project,
broken down into increments
• Vertical axis representing the
tasks that make up the project
• Horizontal bars of varying lengths
represent the sequences, timing,
and time span for each task
What does a Gantt
chart show?

• Critical paths: Activities on the critical path


cannot be delayed without delaying the
project overall.
• Slack/Float: is the amount of time a task
can slip before it bumps into another task.
• The two types of slack for the purpose of a
student research project are:
1. Free slack: it is the time this
activity can be delayed without
impact on the following activity.
2. Total slack: is the time this activity
can be delayed without impact on
the finish date of the project
• The other two are independent slack and
interfering slack.
Why use a Gantt chart?
• It breaks down project activities day by day.
• Lets you to set the order in which tasks should be completed
• Easy to understand timeline format.
• They make scheduling, planning and executing on projects
easier.
• Help with general time management.
• To make sure each deliverable is completed on time. Which
in turn will prevent a snowball effect of missed deadlines.

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