What is a Gantt chart?

A Gantt chart helps you to organize and communicate your projects. Vizzlo’s Gantt chart was designed to assist project managers in planning and communicating their work. Everything that needs to be done for the success of your project is visible at a glance. Do you need to keep your stakeholders up-to-date? A Gantt chart is a great chart to envision and communicate your project flow.

The horizontal time axis of this chart covers the entire period of your project. On the vertical axis you list the tasks that together make up your project. Tasks are represented by floating bars. The sequence and duration of individual tasks are illustrated by the diagram in a clear and structured way. The position and length of each bar visualizes the start date, duration, and end date of a task. Do you need to highlight single events along the project development? Set a milestone and highlight it in different colors and shapes.

With Vizzlo’s Gantt chart you can display up to three-time layers. One of the most common things to tinker with is the time grid. You can choose to display guides and labels for days, weeks, months, quarters, or years.

Show individual tasks and name the people that are assigned to each task. You always know which tasks must be done and when. Your project’s success will not be jeopardized! Use Harvey Balls to show the progress of each activity, highlight weekends, and more.

As opposed to tools like Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project with Vizzlo it is possible to display multiple tasks for each activity. To show their dependency, these tasks will be connected through a ribbon.

A brief history of the Gantt Chart

At the end of the 19th century, the Polish engineer and management researcher Karol Adamiecki aimed to enhance the visibility of production schedules. He invented a diagram to display interdependent processes, which he called ‘harmonogram’. Decades later, Henry Gantt designed his version of the diagram. This became widely known in Western countries under his name. Today Adamiecki’s chart is commonly referred to as Gantt chart.

How to make a Gantt chart with Vizzlo

• The chart is fully interactive - simply click on any element and start editing
• Drag and drop activities, task segments, and milestones to reposition them
• Use your mouse to adjust the start and end date of a task
• Use Harvey balls to indicate the progress of each task
• Explore more customization options in the sidebar
• Easily copy and paste your data into the chart’s spreadsheet, or
• import data from MS Excel and other spreadsheet tools (CSV, XLS and XLSX)
• Browse our examples to get inspired

Gantt chart maker: key features

• Add milestones of various shapes and colors
• Show task dependencies
• Use different axis granularities and date formats for different elements
• Custom task styles and colors
• Optional Progress Balls / Harvey Balls
• Optional highlight of weekends
• Optional shadow

Best uses for Gantt chart

• Project management
• Roadmap planning
• Team coordination
• Awareness of task dependency
• Process structure
• Timeline scheduling
• Achieving goals and meeting deadlines

Gantt chart: pro tips

• Use the same colors for tasks if you want to categorize them into groups

Resources

• Step-by-step tutorial

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