Microsoft® Office Visio® 2003 Step by Step

Project Schedule Shapes

Using the Calendar Shapes stencil, you can create monthly and yearly calendars. With the Gantt Chart Shapes stencil, you can show the sequence of tasks necessary for completing a project. With the PERT Chart Shapes stencil, you can use shapes that conform to the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), a project management method originally developed in the 1950s by the U.S. Navy and used today to diagram project details. With the Timeline Shapes stencil, you can show the lifespan of a project of process in a linear format that includes tasks, milestones, and intervals.