Gantt Chart View
Introduction
A Gantt chart is an essential tool for organizing and tracking projects effectively. One of the primary benefits of a Gantt chart is that it provides a clear overview of the project with its simple yet powerful visual representation of tasks and their timelines. This enables to allocate resources more efficiently, identify potential delays, and keep the project on track.
Another advantage of using a Gantt chart is that it allows team members to see the project’s progress in real-time, ensuring everyone is aware of what needs to be done and by when. This can help promote transparency, accountability, and teamwork among project members. Additionally, Gantt charts can be used to identify potential bottlenecks in the project timeline and to adjust the schedule accordingly. This can help to minimize project delays and ensure that deadlines are met.
Gantt chart view in KanBo
A Gantt chart is a bar chart which shows you a project schedule in a highly visual manner. With this time dependent functionality, you can set a visual view for all cards which are a part of the board. The cards will be seen in a timeframe view and it’s easy to see their conditions on a present day.
This is the perfect tool for tracking cards with its relations and even creating new connections between them. With Gantt chart view you can focus on time dependencies between cards, as the time is the essence of this view. The parent and child relation is shown in the example above.
Informational section
On the left side you can find the section with card names and other card detail in columns. Every row is located at the same high as card on the chart. Add or remove columns using Display Settings.
Current time bar
The blue vertical bar in the center will highlight the present time unit (day/week/month/year etc.). This makes easier for you to inspect timeframes of cards bars against the current date.
There is a monthly time scale in the example above.
Time scale
Depending on the project needs, you can set the appropriate time scale. Select a day, week, month, quarter, half year or a year time range. Time scale drop-down menu is located on the top right part of the view.
When cards do not fit in the view, small arrows appears along the edges of the window. You can click on it to move to the card.
Look at the other examples in this article and see the differences between time scale options.
FAQ
What is a Gantt chart?
A Gantt chart is a visual tool for organizing and tracking projects by displaying tasks and timelines in a bar chart format.
Are there more views with card relations highlighted?
Yes, you can observe card relations in the Mind Map view too. There is also option to expand child cards in the Kanban view and List view.
How can the Gantt chart view be customized in KanBo?
The Gantt chart view in KanBo can be customized by adding or removing columns in the informational section, selecting an appropriate time scale, changing the row height or filtering cards.
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