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The Ultimate Guide to Gantt Charts: Everything about the Tool You Can’t Ignore for Project Planning

A Gantt chart is a great tool for task management, project planning, scheduling, and progress tracking. In case you have questions about these diagrams, here is the complete guide to Gantt charts that covers most of them. What is a Gantt chart? The history of a Gantt chart. What is a Gantt chart used for?…

How to Manage Project Delays: 10 Really Working Tips for Efficient Managers

If everything goes according to a plan, it means that you are living in an ideal world. However, we plan, God laughs.  Let’s notice: collapses and failures occur. Project delays do also happen. Many projects finish late. Is it easy to catch the reason and understand how to avoid problems with schedules and deadlines in project…

How to Make a Gantt Chart in Microsoft Project

A Gantt chart is a well-known bar chart and an excellent project management tool used to work with tasks, develop project plans, schedule, and track progress. This chart gives you a clear visual image in a single document of all the tasks in the project, their sequence on a timeline, milestones, their start and end…

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…

How to open an MPP file online without MS Project

Microsoft Project is one of the most popular and widespread project management software. The software allows you to plan projects, assign tasks, manage resources and workflows, create reports, and do many other things. Nevertheless, recent GetApp's surveys showed that almost 60% of project managers are ready to try some new software. The thing is that…

How to Make a Gantt Chart in Google Sheets: Ultimate Guide With Visual Examples & Beneficial Alternative

A Gantt chart has become a reliable tool for Google Sheets users, enabling them to plan, organize, and manage project tasks efficiently. If you wonder how to make a Gantt chart in Google Sheets, this article will serve as a comprehensive guide and a source of professional inspiration. Below you'll find two ways of building…

How to Create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) in Excel: a Detailed Guide [Alternative Included]

A work breakdown structure (WBS) is a fundamental project management tool that represents a hierarchical decomposition of projects. It helps to break down complex activities into more manageable parts with the aim to manage, evaluate, and assign them to anyone in a team. It is easy to create a WBS in Excel, as this tool…

7 Tips on Choosing the Best Resource Management Software for Your Business in 2025

Resource management is a primary objective in guaranteeing a successful project delivery. Why is resource management important? The answer is simple: to secure an organized pipeline, it’s vital to oversee the assets that you have on hand so you can make the most out of them, achieve optimum efficiency, and reduce wasted time. To successfully…

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