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Learning Gantt Charts

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Project management trainer and consultant Chris Croft provides tips and tricks for creating a Gantt chart to manage your projects.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • How to manage projects with Gantt charts
1. Constructing a Gantt Chart
  • Putting in the critical path
  • Drawing double-critcal paths, overlap, lead, and lag
  • Estimating times and adding contingency
  • Deciding the level of granularity
  • Putting in and positioning the floating tasks
  • Assessing the software options
  • Using Excel for Gantt charts: My top 10 tips
  • Using templates
2. Using Gantt Charts for Optimum Results
  • How to leverage a Gantt chart
  • Using a Gantt chart to plan resources for one project
  • A Gantt of Gantts
  • Resource planning
  • Monitoring progress with a Gantt chart
  • Assessing risk with a Gantt chart
  • Speeding up your project with Gantt chart
  • Forecasting spend with a Gantt chart
  • Forecasting challenge
  • Forecasting solution
  • Five common mistakes to look out for
Conclusion
  • Succeeding with Gantt charts

Taught by

Chris Croft

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