Gantt Chart
A planning tool that lays work out as horizontal bars on a calendar. What starts when, how long it takes and what waits for what — all on one screen.
Sign upWhen to use it
- To tie work to dates and make start times explicit.
- To show the order of the work and the steps that wait on each other.
- To spot work falling behind while there is still time.
Step by step
- 1A project can hold several charts. Use the menu at the top left to add one or switch between them.
- 2Add rows with "Add task". Double-click a row name to change it.
- 3Selecting a row opens the detail bar below: start, end, progress and status live there.
- 4Drag a bar to shift its dates; drag either edge to make it longer or shorter.
- 5The indent button turns a row into a subtask of the one above. A parent bar is computed from its children and cannot be edited by hand.
- 6The dependency button links "cannot start before"; an arrow is drawn between the two bars.
Tips
- For markers with no duration, switch a task to milestone: it becomes a diamond instead of a bar.
- The red line marks today. Unfinished work whose end date has passed gets a red outline.
- Day / week / month buttons squeeze or open the calendar. Month view fits a long plan on one screen.