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Here you can find information about GanttPRO online Gantt chart software releases and updates, new features and developer’s announcements. Also in this category authorized users can give their suggestion on the point of GanttPRO.com improvements, share their insights or ask questions and recieve answers from GanttPRO team.

Impressive List of Timeline Examples with Potential Tools to Build Them

One of the best ways to visualize any undertaking is to create a timeline. This type of graphical visualization helps to communicate stories and showcase processes by arranging a chain of events in chronological order.  If you need more information on it, refer to the articles about project timeline and timeline makers.  There are many…

Andrew Stepanov
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September 6, 2024
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Estimated reading time: 13 minutes
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Best Microsoft Project Alternatives of 2024 (Free & Paid)

Looking for the best & free MS Project alternatives? Here is the list of more than 35 tools divided into a few categories: best, free, online, Microsoft Project alternatives for Mac, as well as open-source equivalents. Microsoft Project is a powerful PM tool with dozens of useful features. Being in the market since 1984, it…

Andrew Stepanov
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September 6, 2024
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Estimated reading time: 22 minutes
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How to Make a Gantt Chart in PowerPoint

Whether you manage a project or are just involved in its implementation, you might have probably heard about or used a Gantt chart, a bar chart that visually represents a project. A Gantt chart is usually applied in project management for task scheduling, identifying milestones, keeping track of progress and deadlines, and other similar purposes.…

Anastasia Stsepanets
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September 6, 2024
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Estimated reading time: 9 minutes
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Best Construction Scheduling Software in 2024 [Including Online, Free, Open Source, and Mac-focused Solutions]

Construction scheduling software helps to deal with big, complex, and often unruly projects. It assists in planning activities, managing multiple teams, regulatory issues, equipment rentals, safety concerns, and more.  Why is it important? According to the Global Forecast for Construction to 2030 composed by Marsh and Guy Carpenter and written with Oxford Economics (2021), global…

Paolo Kukhnavets
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September 6, 2024
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Estimated reading time: 20 minutes
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Best Planners for Project Managers to Help Become the Master of Planning in 2024

Whether your project is simple or complex, small or big, it needs to be planned. Best planners for project managers are what facilitate efforts in this area and help to start your activities in the right manner. Through the years many types of different work planners have been designed. Let's just recall school notebooks or…

Paolo Kukhnavets
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September 6, 2024
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Estimated reading time: 14 minutes
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How to Make a Gantt Chart in Word

To make a Gantt chart people usually resort to different tools. Among them, for instance, are popular Microsoft tools. We have already explained how to create a Gantt chart in Excel, MS Project, Google Sheets, and PowerPoint in our previous articles. However, it may be the case that you are used to working in Word…

Anastasia Stsepanets
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September 6, 2024
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Estimated reading time: 8 minutes
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The History of Gantt Charts: From Henry Gantt to Modern Project Management

Modern projects can hardly be planned and controlled without a visual system containing tasks and dates. A Gantt chart is certainly one of the most reliable types of such systems. Like the backgrounds of other fundamental project management tools, the Gantt chart history has its own milestones and roots with fascinating details. The diagram has…

Paolo Kukhnavets
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August 14, 2024
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Estimated reading time: 18 minutes
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Smartsheet Competitors: Discovering 10 Tools That Can Perform Better

Smartsheet is a widely-used online tool, proven by time and valued by users globally. Its capabilities have gone far beyond the simple use of spreadsheets for work-related issues.  While this tool helps teams plan, track, and automate workflows, it doesn’t provide many advanced project management features, enough flexibility, and outstanding customization. Therefore, Smartsheet competitors don't…

Paolo Kukhnavets
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August 1, 2024
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Estimated reading time: 24 minutes
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