Gantt Charts For the Win!

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) is unanimously recognizable as the yardstick used for project management methodologies as well as roles. Project managers routinely use the PMBOK® as a reference to find acknowledged tools, knowledge, as well as procedures in order to guarantee the profitable conclusion of a wide assortment of projects. The PMBOK is, furthermore, the industry benchmark which candidates must study to then, as a consequence, possess a practical knowledge when getting ready to attain certifications such as the CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management) or PMP (Project Management Professional).

A Gantt chart is an tremendous graphical analysis tools when used by skilled project managers. In order to schedule, track, and visualize the projected and current real momentum on their projects. The graphical nature of the Gantt Chart allows project managers to convey project status and goals to non-managers and executives alike, without having to teach those folks everything in the PMBOK.

Henry Gantt in the man we have to thank for coming up with this wonderfully intuitive tool for conceiving this intuitive tool to diagram project timeline. In fact, the Gantt Diagram is named after him. He also has a quality award named after him because of his accomplishments in the field of project management.