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Five Tips for Effective Gantt Charts

March 5, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: Time Management, Activity Definition, Activity Duration Estimate, Project Management Best Practices

Five Tips for Effective Gantt Charts
By SmartDraw.com

1. Make your Gantt chart easy to read by color coding your task bars. For example, if all the marketing tasks are blue and all the production tasks are red, it will be easier to identify department responsibilities at a glance.

2. Include a legend below your chart (or on a separate page) explaining the colors of the bars and the meaning of any milestone markers.

3. Keep your Gantt chart concise by excluding trivial sub-steps. If a task needs to be analyzed in greater detail, create a second Gantt chart.

4. Give a copy of the Gantt Chart to each team member and review responsibilities and milestones.

5. Update the chart periodically to reflect the realities of your ongoing project.

About SmartDraw.com

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Founded in 1994, SmartDraw.com is privately-held and based in San Diego, CA. In addition to SmartDraw 2008 for general business and home use, the company also offers SmartDraw Healthcare and SmartDraw Legal editions which include graphics and applications unique to their respective fields. For more information on the company or to download a free trial of SmartDraw, please visit www.smartdraw.com.

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