[Technology] Gantt Charts

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MattBackHome

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Planners of NSC! Project managers! Fastidious timekeepers! Lend me your ears.

Can anyone recommend a decent, free tool to knock up Gantt charts? Not looking for huge complexity - just something manageable and pretty.

Thanks,
MBH

 

Paul Reids Sock

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There are loads of templates online that are for Excel/Powerpoint if you want to do it in there?

I have reviewed a few tools lately as they have been trying to bring on some free applications but most of the free ones have been a bit naff and nothing better than an Excel template anyway!

 

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Brighthelmstone

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Lucidchart isnt to bad if you want something free. Otherwise Visio is the go to tool for us (if its paid for)

 

Mackenzie

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Can he play left back?

 

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Arthritic Toe

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Mackenzie said:

Can he play left back?

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Yeah - haven't we had enough Belgians?

 

Herr Tubthumper

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MattBackHome said:

Planners of NSC! Project managers! Fastidious timekeepers! Lend me your ears.

Can anyone recommend a decent, free tool to knock up Gantt charts? Not looking for huge complexity - just something manageable and pretty.

Thanks,
MBH

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I use OpenProj. Free and basic but it does the job.

 

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MattBackHome

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Thanks all x

 

Steve_PPP

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Gantter is very good and used to be free with Google GSuite, but think its chargeable now. There's a 30 day free trial of it.

Pretty feature rich and allows you to open/edit/save in MS Project format if you need to share files with other people.

 

Vankleek Hill Seagull

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draw.io is good for charts and stuff. You can use the web version (which saves locally) or download the free version.

https://about.draw.io/features/examples/

Here's an example of their Gantt charts.

https://www.draw.io/?lightbox=&p=ex...588McDDtzLjdFS-kGZbQ6XVC0aXsA&export=download

 

beefypigeon

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I'm currently experimenting with TeamGantt, which I find pretty good.

I hear good things about Monday.com as well.

 

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DFL JCL

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Office timeline plugin for PowerPoint, there is a free version that is easy to use.

https://www.officetimeline.com/

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Shropshire Seagull

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Key to the solution is - do you need a one-off GANTT to picturise a time-line for a presentation-type thing.
Or do you need a schedule management tool that will also picturise the time-line, which can / will change over time as the project progresses.

I'm Micro$oft indoctrinated so I'd user PowerPoint if the requirement was the former and MS Project if the latter.

MS Project is still the industry tool of choice for schedule management, although there are many new competitors emerging.
A MSP Pro 2016 license can be obtained from eBay for about a fiver [inc link to the download].

 

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MattBackHome

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Thanks everyone. Yet more evidence to support the notion that NSC is truly the font of all knowledge.

I'll do you all the courtesy of letting you know what I go with.

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