The figure below provides a screen shot of the default Gantt chart view of MSP. Users can also create reports by printing the Gantt chart view(s). Beautiful, informative reports can be created by simply taking screen shots of Gantt charts.
Do this either by right-clicking anywhere in the blank area of the Gantt chart view and choosing ‘Bar Styles -> Text, or by clicking at the bottom right on Format -> Gantt Chart Style. This makes the Gantt chart more informative. I believe that even a lay person could understand Gantt chart at first glance.Īnother reason for making Gantt chart the default view could have been the ease it provides for giving presentations and making status reports. Another useful customization techniques is to add text to the bars. On the other hand, Gantt chart can be understood by anyone. Only a trained person can understand a Network diagram. I think Network diagram may have been a better choice, as it is a much better tool for network analysis, but, as discussed in my article on scheduling analysis, even though Network diagram is a good tool, it has its shortcomings. Since the inception of MS Project (MSP), Microsoft engineers have used Gantt chart as the default, although I have often wondered why they didn’t choose some other view. Gantt chart is the default view in MS Project. Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Training.Project Management Office (PMO) Training.Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Training.Project Management Certification Training.
