Be the Superman in the World of Project Management: Use Gantt Charts

Project management can be a tough job to do. Success of the whole project depends on your shoulders. You have to take care of a lot of things at the same time. Like: Will everyone do their part correctly? Will the project finish on time? And what to do if does not? The worst part is that project management can sometimes be as thankless as cold breakfast.

You also have to keep your team mates updated. Sometimes you may run into positions where you get to know the status of updates when it is already too late to make any substantial changes. And what you have yourself with is a blown up deadline.

The fact of the matter is that gantt charts cannot manage the project for you but they can be very beneficial if you work as a vigilante superhero ready to rescue difficult to handle projects.
Let’s see how that works -

• See Things With an Eagle’s Eye

A gantt chart works in a way as to provide a bird's eye view of the whole project from top to bottom and start to finish. This enables you to plan things better. Now you can get your brain into the whole view and scope of the project. And on the top of that you have a visual guide to share with others.

• Vanquish All the hurdles

In weekly meets with team members the often asked question is, “Where is the report?” and when the answer comes, “We are running behind the schedule” you feel like talking to the wall. All this is because of the bottlenecks present in your system.  

Using gantt charts online that are already a part of your project management software you never have to wait for such pointless meets to take proactive action. Now you can spot them on the fly. This helps you in seeing work that is overdue and allocate the resources on the go, and pitch in your hand to get things moving before the whole project delays up.

• Have a sixth sense of your projects

You are done with this project but what about the other projects lined up in the que? If you use gantt charts as a part of your daily planning process you get better at figuring out the scope of your project timeline.

It happens because of the simple and intuitive visual records that you have to refer back to. You may one day even be called as that guy with an uncanny sense of knowing where the project is headed.

• Keep the equilibrium alive

When deadlines change many projects that started with great lead and beautifully laid out plans fall apart only because of some unforeseen circumstances. As a project manager leading with the power of the gantt chart you can be someone who welcomes the change into the plan like something coming from heaven. With the big picture in your head you view these changes as some opportunity that can make you grow and learn new things.

This was a generalized talk about gantt charts. Things don’t stop here. Gantt charts have many benefits which only become visible once you start using them. Give them a ty and see the difference for yourself.