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Gantt Charts

One of the most familiar ways of visualising the results of Critical Path Analysis (the project schedule) is on a Gantt Chart. Many project management software applications are based solely on this graphical representation which shows tasks as bars plotted onto a calendar. Dependencies between tasks are shown as arrowed lines.

With 4c, the Gantt chart is just one of the tools available to you for planning and scheduling your projects.  You can:

• add tasks, singly or in a list: with list entry you can choose to link the tasks together automatically (finish-start links);

• draw links (sequences and dependencies) between tasks (although the 4c precedence network is a more usable tool for this purpose);

• extend the task bar to the required duration;

• drag the task bar to the desired target dates;

• delete links and tasks;

• optionally display different bar colours according to the Team which "owns" the task;

• optionally display task float (the amount a task can be moved without affecting the schedules of dependent tasks) and baseline durations/dates. Both float and baselines, as well as milestone tasks, are shown in the picture below.