Create A Gantt Chart Using Spreadsheet Software

Visualise Your Project Timeline And Schedule By Creating A Gantt Chart Using Spreadsheet Software

What you'll learn

Understand what a Gantt chart is used for in project management

Learn the key components of a Gantt chart

Create professional dynamic Gantt charts

Discover the advanced features of modern Gantt charts

Learn best practices when working with Gantt charts and avoid mistakes

Requirements

Spreadsheet software of your choice (LibreOffice Calc, Microsoft Excel, or other)

Experience working with spreadsheet software including formulas

Understanding of project management

Experience working on projects

Description

Are you a project manager? Or a project administrator? Or are you a business student who wants to become a project manager? Do you want to add impressive skills to your resume? Do you need help creating tools that will schedule and track the progress of your projects? Do you want to be able to communicate effectively with your project team?If So, Then Continue To Read And Find Out How This Course Will Benefit Your Career And Improve Your IT Skills For Project Management.Here is a summary of what you will learn:Understand what a Gantt chart is and why it is critical to project management.Learn about the history and evolution of the Gantt chartUnderstand the key components of the Gantt chartDevelop skills with spreadsheet software such as formatting, conditional formatting, and design.Create a dynamic Gantt chart for complex projectsUnderstand the limitations of spreadsheet softwareLearn about the advanced features of modern softwareAvoid mistakes and apply best practicesDeveloping skills with spreadsheets and project management software is something that all project team professionals should do. This practical course will teach you how to create professional Gantt charts designed to schedule and track the progress of a project. Not only that, you will create something visually impressive and you will be the go-to in the team for making the project's spreadsheets and monitoring tools.Recent statistics from a research organisation suggest that only 22% of project managers use project management software. That means that most project managers are likely to use spreadsheet software such as LibreOffice or Microsoft Excel.One of the main reasons that project managers do not use project management software or dedicated Gantt programs is the lack of support from an organisation. Learning how to use spreadsheets to create effective Gantt charts means that you will not have this problem. There will be no need to use expensive software that nobody knows how to use!Huge projects require complex scheduling with great detail. You will already understand this but have you got the skills to work with spreadsheets and create something effective? By the end of this course, the answer will be ‘yes’.One of the essential tools you, and your project team, are going to need is the Gantt chart. The Gantt chart is a critical tool used to schedule and monitor a project’s timeline. You will use this tool to visualise task durations, schedules, and progress. There are various software solutions out there but being able to create a Gantt chart using spreadsheet software enables you to build something specific to your project.A Gantt chart is an invaluable tool that will help you and your team better understand the workflow through visualisation. The Gantt is also an effective communication tool. You can communicate to your team and stakeholders the progress of the phases and tasks of a project. The Gantt chart can be part of stakeholder reporting and included with status reports.You will learn how to plan the layout, add formatting, and include conditional formatting to your Gantt chart. This will provide you with excellent visualisation of the project timeline as well as the task durations. Your team will easily be able to view the progress of the project and have no difficulties in understanding the information.The course also provides tutorials that will help you understand the limitations of spreadsheet software. In future, you may decide to work with dedicated Gantt software. But this course will provide you with the foundations to understand the charts and how they can be applied to projects.You will learn about the mistakes that project managers can make when applying Gantt charts to projects. You can enhance your management career by avoiding these mistakes and increase the likelihood of successful projects.Enrolling on this course will allow you to progress through easy-to-follow tutorials broken down into short video lengths. You will easily be able to learn at your own pace. This course will take you through each step of creating a professional Gantt chart. You will learn how to create charts from scratch and develop your spreadsheet skills.The tutorials feature LibreOffice Calc as the spreadsheet software of choice. However, Microsoft Excel has the same functionality and you will be able to create the charts shown in the tutorials. The navigation may be a little different. You can also use other spreadsheet software of your choice.The course is not going to teach you all about project management. You should already have a good understanding of project management in practice either through experience or studies. The course will also not teach you how to use spreadsheet software. You should be comfortable with the software of your choice and have some experience with using formulas. You will be expected to have spreadsheet experience before enrolling on this course.This course is all about you developing on your existing spreadsheet skills that most modern organisations will be looking for. Enrol now and add those essential IT skills to your resume. You will be an asset to your organisation or future employers!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 What is a Gantt Chart?

Lecture 2 The History and Evolution of the Gantt Chart

Lecture 3 Should a Gantt Chart Replace a Project Tracker?

Lecture 4 About the Course Tutor

Lecture 5 Course Summary

Section 2: Understanding the Components of a Gantt Chart

Lecture 6 Key Elements of a Gantt Chart

Lecture 7 Visual Representation

Lecture 8 Schedule Management

Lecture 9 Software

Section 3: Creating Gantt Charts

Lecture 10 Creating a Basic Gantt Chart

Lecture 11 Creating a Dynamic Gantt Chart - Part One

Lecture 12 Creating a Dynamic Gantt Chart - Part Two

Lecture 13 Chart Functionality

Lecture 14 Limitations of Spreadsheet Software

Section 4: Advanced Features of a Gantt Chart

Lecture 15 Resource Allocation

Lecture 16 Tracking Progress

Lecture 17 Making Adjustments

Section 5: Best Practices

Lecture 18 Common Mistakes

Lecture 19 Effective Communication

Lecture 20 Real-Life Examples

Lecture 21 Future Reading and Tools

Project Managers,Project Administrators,Resource Managers,Business Students