Integrated Project Management

Gantt Chart Utilities

The time scale that is used in the displayed Cleaning Machine Gantt chart is one with the major division as months and the subdivision of weeks. It is a scale that enables us to get the chart into this book. It also is a good scale to use when explaining the project to stakeholders outside the project. When building the Gantt chart in the project team meeting, you should use a scale in weeks with the subdivision in days. This arrangement works the best for task discussion purposes. We use this weeks-divided-into-days scale for the Gantt charts that we post on our office walls or in a conference room or hallway for monitoring a project after its launch. Either scale, however, will support good project monitoring. (Note: Project ...