Business Tools Explain:Gantt chart

The Gantt chart was developed by Henry Laurence Gantt, an American mechanical engineer. It is a visual representation of a project schedule. It is a type of bar chart which shows the start and finish dates of the different required elements of a project. 

The use of Gantt chart

According to Investopedia; Gantt charts are useful in planning how long a project should take and helping to sequence the events by laying them out in the order in which the tasks need to be completed.

Typically, tasks are shown on the vertical axis, and the project time span is represented on the horizontal axis. Each task has a corresponding bar that shows the time span required for that task. The bar can be filled in to show the percentage of the task that has been completed. Gantt charts also indicate dependencies, those tasks that are dependent upon other tasks. Today there are many software applications available for creating Gantt charts, as well as functions in popular programs such a Microsoft Excel.  'via Blog this'