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.
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 templates and an instructional video related to using Excel to create a gantt chart.
If one needs to produce a Gantt chart for a report or presentation, one can use Microsoft Excel or Smartsheet. Both these software programs offer Gantt charts with a tutorial to help complete the chart.
Gantt is the name of the person ( Henry Gantt) who designed and spread the use of the Gantt Chart in the west.
You can draw the Gantt chart by using Microsoft Excel which will allow you to input the exact data you have collected and be able to determine the results in various ways.
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.
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.
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).
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...
The Gantt chart was invented in the early twentieth century. It is a bar graph that shows start and end dates for projects.
It Was First used and made in 1931 by Henry Gantt.
In Excel a Gantt chart is the equivalent of a bar chart. Having put in the data you need into the spreadsheet, you then start the Chart Wizard, by either going to the Insert menu and picking the Chart option or clicking on the Chart Wizard icon on the standard toolbar. Then you can pick the bar chart and continue with the process of creating your chart with the Chart Wizard. There are various options you can pick. Which ones you use will be down to your own preferences.