A Gannt chart is a very specific type of horizontal bar chart created by Henry Gannt. Although this type of charting technique is common place today, these charts were revolutionary when Gannt first introduced them to the world in 1917. A Gannt chart illustrates a project schedule, including the start and finish dates. Summary and terminal elements make up the work breakdown structure of the .
particular project. Gannt charts may also be used to depict the dependency relationships between activities or the current schedule status.
Gannt charts are most frequently used in project management as a tool to help plan and coordinate specific project tasks.The horizontal axis of the Gannt chart represents the projects total time span and the vertical axis represents the tasks that make up the project. Visit http://asq.org/learn-about-quality/project-planning-tools/overview/gantt-chart.html for an example of a Gannt chart.
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