The Gantt Chart
This article will introduce the Gantt Chart how to use it in practise and how it can be combined with other tools or methods to improve its capabilities. The Gantt Chart was the first time created by a Polish engineer named Karol Adamiecki (born March 18th 1866) but was later also created independantly by an american engineer called Henry Gantt (born in 1861). It is a tool that is very commonly used in project management as it is great for displaying different activities against time. Because of todays technology it has become much easier to create a Gantt Chart and get an overview of the interdependencies of the different activities within a project as many different computer programs can help to create a Gantt Chart fast and easy.
It can however be very confusing to create a Gantt Chart by using different computer programs as there are a lot of different informations that can be put into a Gantt Chart. So choosing the right program compared to how detailed you want it to be can be a hard choice.
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History of the Gantt Chart
Basic understanding of the Gantt Chart
The use of a Gantt Chart in practise
Combination of other tools or methods
Limitations
Tools for creating Gantt Charts
Free to use (for DTU students)
Microsoft Visio - One of the easier tools to use if you need a simple Gantt Chart, which should be available from Microsoft Dreamspark (https://www.dreamspark.com/) for students at DTU.
