- [Narrator] So if you're managing projects,
chances are you've run into a Gantt chart.
But even if not, let's talk about them
because they're very useful for project management.
So a Gantt Chart at its core is just a bar chart
and that bar chart represents a project
schedule from start to finish.
Now you can actually encode various other things into it
such as tasks and milestones
using icons, using color.
A lot of different ways to do it, especially in Excel.
Now, the original Gantt Chart was designed
by Henry Gantt in 1910-ish,
and today it's used a lot across project management.
So chances are, if you haven't run into it yet,
you will run into it soon.
Let's talk about the elements of a Gantt Chart real quick.
So first part is that bar chart.
I said a horizontal bar.
That's going to be the duration of each task.
Then there's the timescale.
So from left to right, you see a time series,
and that gives us the total time it
takes to complete the project.
And finally, there are task listings,
and that's going to be on the vertical axis.
So you can think about projects being listed,
and then a bar chart that actually helps us identify when
they start and finish,
as well as other colors
and various encodings to allow us to understand how
that project is doing.
Excel is a great place to build a Gantt Chart,
and I'm going to show you how in the next video.