How To Make a Gantt Chart

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Gantt charts are great for project management, if only because they help you recognize which projects are doomed and which have promise. (These charts were made by Jon Ippolito with the open-source Ganttproject software.)

A doomed project


Gantt Bad

A promising project


Gantt Good

Why do I want a concave up Gantt chart?

Gantt Concave Up Down


Even if you start out concave up, you're pretty much guaranteed to waste time in the early phase of the project.

That means cutting corners at the end of the project, which means a crappy project and/or life.

Start out with a concave up, and at least you have a shot at pacing yourself better through the timeline of the project.