How-tos and guides

Guides, tutorials, tips, and useful educational materials to improve your professional skills in planning, scheduling, project management, and other related areas.

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…

Anastasia Stsepanets
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September 6, 2024
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Estimated reading time: 8 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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A Critical Path on а Gantt Chart: What is it and How to Find it?

The world of project planning comprises many concepts and tools. A critical path and a Gantt chart serve as reliable assistants; and experienced project managers know how to combine these two components into one explosive mixture (in a good way, of course). The critical path method (CPM) is widely known as one of the essential…

Paolo Kukhnavets
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October 25, 2024
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Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
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How to Boost Productivity with GanttPRO: MS Teams Integration

Do you use Microsoft Teams as your core collaboration and communication solution? No wonder if you do: at the end of 2020, over 115 million people used the software every day for various reasons. Among the top ones are chatting, video conferencing, calling, and meetings. In other words, teams all over the world need to…

Andrew Stepanov
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December 14, 2021
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Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
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How to Efficiently Plan Ecommerce Business: Practical Tips that Work

With the ever-growing opportunities provided for online business owners in this digital age, careful management is more important than ever. Ecommerce is a competitive field and there is increased pressure for companies trying to succeed in this area, so mastering project management is invaluable in your success. An ecommerce business is essentially a project in…

Beatrix Potter
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February 25, 2020
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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes
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How to Quickly Work on Tasks with GanttPRO: Bulk Change

What can be better while working on a project than to save time by doing more and clicking less? We, at GanttPRO, think about two game-changing things every day: how to deliver the best features and great user experience. To improve performance, we implement big features every two-three months and smaller ones weekly. Just check…

Andrew Stepanov
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February 6, 2020
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Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
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The Ultimate Event Planning Checklist: How to Plan Ahead

Event planning can be draining; even more when you don't have everything at the right place at the right time. For the smooth transition from starting your event planning business to executing post-event sales, of course, you’ll need a professional background. Event planning certifications solve this issue. Planning for an event, no matter the size…

Lori Wade
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January 17, 2020
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Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
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10 Management Tips for Dealing with Difficult Employees

Dealing with people, difficult or not, is a subject that never gets old. It is a field that experts in communication could discuss nonstop. Though these talks are interesting, they usually end up with nothing but unlimited hypotheses and nothing concrete. And what is a tired entrepreneur who is experiencing troubles with their stuff looking…

Rhonda Martinez
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November 12, 2019
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Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
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