Special Uses for Gantt Charts

Beyond the use as a project planning and monitoring tool for IPM, there are other ways a Gantt Chart can serve project management.

The Stretch Gantt Chart

The project manager who does not have sufficient control over the project people to be able to develop a dependable bar chart can create one with all the help he or she can muster by creating a “wish list.” The wish list helps to communicate when and why task team help is needed. Although not a desirable form of project management, it is better than having no planning or management at all.

The Template Gantt Chart

Some organizations will repeat a certain type of project over and over. Here, a project manager can apply project-planning principles to a sample project ...

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