Project Schedule & Gantt chart

The Project schedule is a calendar that links thetask in a project. Tasks may run sequentially, in
tasks to be done with the resources that will doparallel or overlap each other.
them. Before a project schedule can be created, Henry Laurence Gantt (1861-1919) developed
the project manager must have a workGantt charts in the second decade of the 20th
breakdown structure (WBS), an effort estimatecentury as a visual tool to show scheduled and
for each task, and a resource list with availabilityactual progress of projects. Accepted as a
for each resource.common-place project management tool today, it
The first step in building the project schedule is towas quite a radical concept and an innovation of
identify the resources required to perform eachworld-wide importance in the 1920s.  Gantt
of the activities  required to complete thecharts were first used on large construction
project . When preparing a schedule estimate,projects like the Hoover Dam in 1931.
consider that transition between activities oftenGantt charts illustrate the start and finish dates of
takes time.the terminal elements and summary elements of
A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart thata project. Gantt Charts  are useful tools for
illustrates a project schedule. A Gantt chart is aanalyzing and planning complex projects. When a
graphical representation of the duration of tasksproject is under way, Gantt Charts help you to
against the progression of time. In a Gantt chart,monitor whether the project is on schedule. If it is
each task takes up one row with dates runningnot, it allows you to pinpoint the remedial action
across the horizontal axis in increments of days,necessary to put it back on schedule. This can be
weeks or months. The bars in the Gantt chartessential for the successful and profitable
visually show the start and end dates of eachimplementation of the project.