What is a Gantt Chart?

A Gantt Chart is a common project management tool that helps teams understand the phases of a project, deadlines, critical paths, and interdependencies between tasks. It is important to gain experience predicting how long tasks take in order to calibrate your time management.

Time Management and Project Planning presentation by Drs. Grondin and Bekki

What does a Gantt chart look like?

What software can I use to make a Gantt Chart?

Gantt Charts can be made with a variety of software programs. Here are several free options:

Microsoft Project - Available on MyApps (via Microsoft Imagine). This is the industry-standard project management tool (Windows)
ProjectLibre is an open-source alternative to Microsoft Project (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux)
RationalPlan Project Viewer is a Microsoft Project file viewer (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux)
Gantt charts can also be made in Microsoft Excel, but will not meet the dependency requirements in Dr. Jordan's assignment requirements.
Gantter is a cloud-based collaborative Gantt chart tool
Microsoft Visio is a general purpose graphical chart generation program with a nice Gantt chart template. It is available on myapps.asu.edu through Microsoft Imagine

Dr. Shawn Jordan

is an Associate Professor, electrical engineer, maker, and engineering education researcher.

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SHAWN JORDAN, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches context-centered electrical engineering and embedded systems design courses, and studies the use of context and storytelling in both K-12 and undergraduate engineering design education. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2010) and M.S./B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University, and received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2017.