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On-line Gantt Chart
Projects by their very nature involve team work. Planning is an essential part of successful project work.
Having an online project plan that allows team members to access a live version of
the most recent project plan and Gantt chart has many benefits, encouraging collaboration
and providing up-
There are a number of solutions on the market that provide Online Gantt Charts.
Smartsheet Online Gantt Chart
SmartSheet at www.smartsheet.com provide such a solution.
Apart from the normal project management aspects such as task management, milestones, calendar view options and the creation of task dependencies, Smartsheet offers change notifications and reminders as well as updates via email.
Basecamp Online Gantt Chart
Basecamp at www.basecamphq.com emphasises team collaboration through discussion and
comment – creating a one-
Just like the Smartsheet solution, team members are kept up to date via email notifications.
Tom’s Planner at www.tomsplanner.com has aimed to create an intuitive and easy to use online Gantt chart creation tool.
It is really for those that are baffled by the complexity of Microsoft Project. Apart
from on-
Tom’s Planner is also iPad and iPhone Compatible.
The advantage of these tools over the standard version of Microsoft Project is going to be the collaboration aspects of the software. However, these solutions do not have the same capabilities of MS Project, in particular none of them seem to offer the ability to assign and monitor resource usage.
In terms of cost, all these products are purchased on subscription basis, so although
you don’t have the upfront costs of buying software such as Project, you do have
the on-
In terms of convenience, obviously access to your Gantt chart/ project plan is dependent on a good Internet connection.