A Gantt chart template can be used alongside software such as Microsoft Excel to present data and charts in the Gantt chart format. Microsoft Excel does not include the Gantt chart format by default.
See related links for a free Excel Gantt Chart template.A gantt chart is a common tool for project planning and keeping track of the status of individual tasks within a project. This type of chart was invented in 1910 by a mechanical engineer named Henry Gantt.
The Gantt Chart gets its name from its inventor Henry Gantt which he made in 1930. The Gantt Chart is a bar chart that illustrates project schedules. They are used for any projects that involve resource, milestones, effort, and deliveries.
It Was First used and made in 1931 by Henry Gantt.
Gantt is the name of the person ( Henry Gantt) who designed and spread the use of the Gantt Chart in the west.
Although the terms are often used as synonyms they are not the same. A Gantt chart is a specific type of bar chart. Gantt did not invent the bar chart, the concept of bar charts pre-date Gantt's work by at least a century. The erroneous description of a bar chat as a Gantt chart and the belief that Gantt invented the bar chart probably results from the decision of Microsoft, in 1984/1985, to misname the bar chart view in its scheduling tool Microsoft Project as a Gantt chart. See 'Where did the Misuse of the names Gantt and PERT Originate?'. P Weaver. PM World Journal, Vol. II, Issue IV, (April 2013).
The Gantt Chart, The PERT Chart
Gantt chart has both its advantages and disadvantages. The main disadvantages of a Gantt chart are: these are large and complex for big projects, it needs to be updated if changes takes place.
A Gantt chart is a bar chart, but a bar chart is not necessarily a Gantt chart.Bar chart is a much wider decription. It like asking "What's the difference between a fruit and an apple?". The apple is a fruit, but a fruit doesn't have to be an apple...
Henry Gnatt was an American mechanical engineer and later became a management consultant. Gantt is known for creating the Gantt chart in the 1910's which was a tool used in projects such as the Hoover Dam and interstate highway system.
The Gantt chart was invented in the early twentieth century. It is a bar graph that shows start and end dates for projects.
Gantt Chart
See related links for templates and an instructional video related to using Excel to create a gantt chart.