Gantt versus PERT Chart
Project managers frequently use Gantt and PERT (Project Estimation and Report Technique) charts to show the constituent tasks within a project. These two charts are the most popular project management charts. Gantt charts and PERT charts are both very useful project management tools for visually communicating project information. They [...]
Work, Wages and Profits by Henry Gantt , a book originally written for employers advocates the “efficient utilization of labor”. Gantt advises the use of the “task and bonus” system is offered in order to have workers increase their output. Total work packages are divided into “tasks” and split among the workforce to allow for [...]
How do you handle working with a company full of people who don’t understand what it takes to truly manage a project? When they want to manage a project, but couldn’t tell you the difference between a Gantt and PERT chart? When they don’t want to resource load and distribute shared assets across the [...]
Gantt Charts - Tutorial and How to Create
What is the definition of a Gantt Chart?
A Gantt Chart is a first-rate tool when used by PM’s that seek to envision, prepare, and track estimated and true progress of projects. Its graphical way of showing data its executive leadership and front-line staff alike to readily recognize the flow of a project, [...]
Henry Gantt History/Background
Henry Gantt
Henry Laurence Gantt worked as a management consultant as well as a background in mechanical engineer by trade. Henry Gantt is known for creating his self-named easily-viewed scheduling and monitoring diagram. One creates Gantt Charts to reveal planned and actual project progress. A commonly accepted project management instrument these days, it was an innovation of world-wide significance [...]
