Today we have 5 Free GANTT Chart Templates for you to be able to nail your Presentations. GANTT Charts are sometimes referred to as High Level Plans but the flavour of requirment is the same as a visual GANTT Chart.
This is where the Project Manager dons the hat of a creative designer and designs a plan that is soothing for the eyes of sponsor and stakeholders alike.
While designing GANTT charts some Project Managers become the Giorgio Armani or Versace of the Project Management world!!!
A Gantt chart, or harmonogram, is a type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule. This chart lists the tasks to be performed on the vertical axis, and time intervals on the horizontal axis. The width of the horizontal bars in the graph shows the duration of each activity. Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish dates of the terminal elements and summary elements of a project. Terminal elements and summary elements constitute the work breakdown structure of the project. Modern Gantt charts also show the dependency (i.e., precedence network) relationships between activities. Gantt charts can be used to show current schedule status using percent-complete shadings and a vertical “TODAY” line as shown here.
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The below section also features GANTT Chart Templates that shows Critical Path for the Project. This is extremely useful to showcase the Tasks that are Critical to Sponsors and Senior Stakeholders. This helps the Project Manager build a business case towards getting support from other departments for example Hiring(Human Resources) or IT Infrastructure Projects(ITEnablement Teams)
5 GANTT Chart Templates for your success
If you need a reminder on calculating Critical Path for Your Project you may want to visit our article on Critical Path here
Effectively GANTT Charts are a visual representation of the Project Milestones(A High Level Plan) and help the Project or Program Manager to seek a buy in from the sponsors and senior stakeholders
GANTT charts is the most underestimated and yet the most used tool in anyone’s Project Management Career.
Today, nearly everyone can use a Gantt chart template to help them visualize the High Level Plan. In Project Management terms this is a very important deliverable as a High Level Plan helps the Project Manager visualize the deliverables before he actually creates a detailed Project Plan
Because all the difficult work is now done by us, anyone can just create a simple task list, add start and end dates, and the presentation does the work instantly of displaying your tasks over time.
Whether it is responding to a RFP or holding a first workshop to understand a Project GANTT charts go a long way in understanding the Sponsor, his expectations & the timelines the Project Manager will have to drive in future.
5 Free GANTT Chart Templates to get your journey started !!!
GANTT Charts help you report planned vs actual performance. A GANTT chart is one of the Project Manager’s best friends to clear ambiguity in timeines and stress on milestone traction. It is also very helpful in gaining insights to leadership teams on the Project Progress and traction on key or critical activities
The benefits of a Gantt chart include:
Scheduling and planning projects and tasks
Plan work in sprints
Visualizing how projects and tasks evolve over time
Collaborate with your team
Comparing planned versus actual timelines
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The above slides may be used by Business Consultants, Start Ups for pitching their business to Sponsors for getting funds.
Gantt charts are incredibly versatile–they’re useful for multiple roles, such as:
- Project managers
- Marketing managers
- CEOs
- Team leaders
- Operations managers
- Consultants
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