How Do You Make A Gantt Chart Using Microsoft Project?
If you desire to be a project manager, you must learn Microsoft Project. One major component of Microsoft Project you must understand is Gantt charts. Gantt charts are bar charts or timelines that enable you to view and manage resources, tasks, dependencies and milestones. Gantt charts are easy to create. In fact, every time you open up Microsoft Project, you will see a Gantt chart. It just doesn’t contain any data until you add information into your tasks or resources columns. Before you learn how to create a Gantt chart, you should be familiar with both project management terminology and Microsoft Project. Step 1 Open Microsoft Project. The interface consists of two separate panes. The left side consists of your tasks, duration, resources and predecessors. The right side, which is the Gantt chart, shows the timeline of your project, such as your tasks and resources. Step 2 Type your task under the Task Name column. Tab to the “Duration” column and click on the up or down arrow to sel