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Are Gantt charts still a useful project management tool?
I read a blog post today about project management, and Guy Shani of Clarizen (a project management SaaS vendor) was quoted as saying, "[o]rganizations create these huge Gantt charts, and two days into the project it's outdated."
Do you find Gantt charts to be a useful project tool? Why or why not?
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I believe it is useful but only for a small audience....myself and other PMs. If I even try to bring up a Gantt, team members get confused and execs break out the blackberry.
I agree with Robert that the audience is limited. Even for experienced PMs, there an initial overhead associated with creating the Gantt chart that isn't always justified by the size of the project. I think part of the problem is not just the Gantt chart but also the tools that are available. Most PM tools are complexity rich and feature poor, making the problem worse.
Regardless of whether or not I maintain a Gantt chart, I will usually present project timeline and resourcing data in Excel or PowerPoint format. Microsoft Project is intimidating to many users, and I don't like the tool getting in the way of the message.
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