Key Information
Great
Gantt! How to Create Gantt Charts Anyone Can Follow
Author:
Judith Montgomery
Publisher:
The Idea Interpreter
Soft
cover, 68 pages
ISBN
0-9732773-0-0
Quick
Facts
Are you in a hurry? Go to the Great Gantt Summary.
Great
Gantt summary
Create
Gantt charts that work
Gantt
charts can be a powerful tool for planning, communicating and
managing your project - or a complete waste of time. They can be
clear - or confusing. They can work for you - or
make
work for you.
How
do your Gantt charts stack up?
This book shows
you a simple four-step method to create Great Gantt charts.
Charts your sponsor will actually look at. Charts your team can
easily follow. Charts that will help your project, not hinder it.
In other words, charts that will make your life a whole lot
easier.
Patent Pending
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The
Need for Great Gantt
A
few years ago, Gantt charts
–
bar charts showing project schedules – were virtually unknown to
most people in business. They
were used mainly for major projects in highly technical fields like
aerospace, defence, engineering, construction, and IT.
Today, Gantt
charts are everywhere.
Their spread is due to three factors:
Done
well, Gantt charts are the single most powerful tool to plan, communicate, track and manage your project
tasks and schedule.
But
useful Gantt charts are rare. Most
are a complete waste of time. Sponsors
shudder when they see them. Team
members ignore them. Stakeholders
shrug them off. To
everyone but project managers — and sometimes
even to them —
Gantt charts can be
daunting, difficult and
simply a darned nuisance.
It
doesn’t have to be that way.
Now you can learn a simple four-step method to turn your Gantt charts into Great Gantt
charts that are easy to read,
understand and use. Gantt
charts your sponsor will actually read.
Gantt charts your team can easily follow.
Gantt charts that help your project, not hinder it.
In other words, Gantt charts that make
your life a whole lot easier
The
Great Gantt Difference
Below are
two Gantt charts. the first is a typical Gantt. the second is a
Great Gantt. Both
charts are accurate and correct…but the “picture” they paint of the
project is very different. Yet both
charts show the same project!
Typical
Gantt Chart
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The typical Gantt chart is:
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Confusing, garbled, unclear. |
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Hard to read. |
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Hard to understand. |
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Hard to follow |
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Great
Gantt Chart
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The Great Gantt chart is:
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Clear. |
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Easy to read. |
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Easy to understand. |
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Easy to follow. |
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Great
Gantt Benefits
By
creating Great Gantt charts, you’ll enjoy these benefits:
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Anyone can
understand the project schedule. No training or special expertise is
required. |
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People "get"
the project at a glance. They save time. |
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You don't have to walk
them through it. You save time. |
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Project reviews are
easier and yield better results. |
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Errors are more easily
spotted. |
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Complexity on the chart
reflects real complexity in the schedule. |
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Key challenges are
often highlighted in the "shape" of the project. |
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Stakeholder buy-in is
easier to obtain and keep because approvals are based on
real understanding and appreciation of the plan. |
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Team members can see
impacts and context for themselves. |
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The chart triggers
action during project execution. |
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The usability of the
chart increases the likelihood of staying on schedule. |
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The time invested in
creating, distributing, reviewing and updating the Gantt chart pays
off in better planning, control and communication. |
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You look highly
competent and professional. |
A
New idea
The
Great Gantt method is new. You
won’t find it in other books. You
won’t learn it in other courses. It’s
original and unique – so unique that there’s a patent pending
on the method.
Like
many good ideas, though, the Great Gantt method is easily grasped once you
see it. It’s easy to
understand. It’s easy to
learn. It’s easy to use.
Great
Gantt! contains the complete method.
It explains the principles (the “why”), the guidelines (the
“what”) and the process (the “how”).
It gives you instructions, walks you through examples and
gives you a worksheet so you can try it yourself.
It answers the most frequently asked questions. In
short, it gives you everything you need to know to turn all your Gantt
charts into Great Gantt charts.
It
doesn’t matter what scheduling software you use – or if you use any at
all. It doesn’t matter if
you’re creating a new Gantt chart or transforming an existing one.
It doesn’t even matter if you’ve never seen a Gantt chart
before.
And it only takes a few hours to learn.
Take
the first step to making your Gantt charts great! Buy the book
or arrange to attend a Great Gantt seminar.
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Great
Gantt Seminars
Two Great Gantt seminars address different learning needs.
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Version
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Covers
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Great Gantt Briefing
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2 hours
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Concepts, method demonstration
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Great Gantt!
Workshop
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4 hours
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Concepts, method and practice using Microsoft Project
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