Gantt charts are sometimes equated with bar charts. Gantt charts can be used to show current schedule status using percent-complete shadings and a vertical 'TODAY' line. Modern Gantt charts also show the dependency (i.e., precedence network) relationships between activities. Terminal elements and summary elements constitute the work breakdown structure of the project. Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish dates of the terminal elements and summary elements of a project. The width of the horizontal bars in the graph shows the duration of each activity. This chart lists the tasks to be performed on the vertical axis, and time intervals on the horizontal axis. Modern Gantt charts also show the dependency relationships between activities and the current schedule status.Ī Gantt chart is a type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule. It was designed and popularized by Henry Gantt around the years 1910–1915.
Henry Gantt, inventor of the Gantt chartĪ Gantt chart is a bar chart that illustrates a project schedule. A Gantt chart showing three kinds of schedule dependencies (in red) and percent complete indications.
