Project management professionals have seen solid benefits of using Gantt chart, such as
Well, there are certainly reasons why Gantt chart is still in use. So at the risk of making a stereotype statement – ‘like it depends’ I always argue that, even a traditional approach (such as using Gantt chart tool), can very well be exercised as lean-agile. Agile project management is also popular, but let’s face it, in its truest form, agile is not for everyone. Yet, no one can deny the fact that Gantt chart is de facto used as a most popular project planning tool across industries. There are several advantages of Gantt chart, yet, there are some limitations to it as well. Since then Gantt chart has been used virtually, every industry under the sun. Its history goes back to its inventor ‘Henry Gantt’ and in turn Gantt chart got popularity when it was used by US army during first world war (WW1). Gantt chart has been considered as one of the most popular project management tool so much so, most people think of Gantt chart, when there is a mention of project management. Well, that’s not the correct question to ask. Gantt chart is considered as a next step to creating work breakdown structure (WBS). When multiple tasks are displayed as horizontal bars along with inter-dependence, it becomes a Gantt chart.
In Gantt chart, every project task is displayed as a bar which has a start date and due date. A Gantt chart is scheduling technique to visualise the project activities and their inter-dependence along a timeline.
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