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Gantt Chart
What Question(s) Does the Tool or Technique Answer?
How long will the project take? What are the key milestones, and when should you expect them?
A Gantt chart helps you to
• Organize the project’s activities.
• Display and communicate the project’s planned activities and key milestones, as well as its status on the actual progress to-date.
Alternative Names and Variations
This tool is also known as
• Milestone chart
• Project bar chart or (misnomer as “project plan”)
• Activity chart
When Best to Use the Tool or Technique
The Gantt chart tool is an important project management tool and is used throughout a project. Initially, a Gantt chart is developed during the planning phase of a project and is used to monitor progress throughout ...
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