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Gantt chart

Meaning in project management, with examples

/ˈɡænt tʃɑːrt/nounCore term

In project management, Gantt chart means: A bar chart that shows project tasks as horizontal bars on a timeline, so you can see when each task starts and ends and how tasks depend on each other.

In Turkish: Gantt şeması, Gantt çizelgesi

How it is used

A standard planning tool, named after Henry Gantt, who made it popular in the early twentieth century. It is built in tools like MS Project or Excel and often shown in kickoff and steering meetings.

Example sentences

  1. The Gantt chart shows that testing overlaps with the last two weeks of development.

  2. Can you update the Gantt chart with the new delivery date from the supplier?

Common collocations

  • update the Gantt chart
  • Gantt chart view
  • build a Gantt chart
  • timelineThe planned order and dates of the main activities and milestones of a project, often shown as a line or chart.
  • critical pathThe longest chain of dependent tasks in a project. It sets the shortest possible finish date, so any delay to a task on it delays the whole project.
  • dependencyA link between two tasks or deliverables where one cannot start or finish until the other has started or finished.
  • milestoneAn important point or event in a project schedule, such as the end of a phase or the approval of a key document. It marks progress and takes no time itself.

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