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Gantt Chart

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A bar chart that shows project tasks as horizontal bars across a timeline, making the schedule easy to visualize.

Definition

A Gantt chart is a bar chart representation of a project schedule that displays activities as horizontal bars along a time axis, showing start and finish dates, durations, and sometimes dependencies between tasks. Gantt charts are the most widely recognized format for communicating project schedules to owners, project teams, and stakeholders. They are generated by scheduling software from the CPM network model.

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