3. A Gantt chart is a stacked bar chart that contains project tasks
on a vertical axis and timelines that represent task duration on
a horizontal axis.
Summary elements, task dependency relationships and
milestones in the project schedule are all depicted. The Gantt
chart is named after Henry Gantt who popularized this project
management chart in the early 20th century.
4. • The start date of the project schedule
• What the project tasks are
• Which team member is working on each task
• When activities start and finish
• The percent complete for each activity
• How tasks group together, overlap and link with each other
• Task dependencies such as finish-to-start, start-to-start, finish-
to-finish and start-to-finish
• Milestones and project phases on the schedule
• The critical path of the project
• The finish date of the project
