History of the Gantt Chart

The first graph that depicted sequenced activities displayed over time was developed by Karol Adamiecki (1866 – 1933) in 1896 and it has called an harmonogram.

The graph as we all know it today was attributed to Henry Gantt (1861–1919) an American engineer , who developed it between the 1910 -1915. The famous bar chart was used during World War I.

During the 80’s specialised software tools integrated the possibility of building Gantt charts.

Nowadays there are numerous project management software tools (Primavera, Microsoft Project etc.) that can assist the planning process by creating Gantt Charts showing all possible type of activities, ie. Summary, Milestone, Task Dependent / Normal.

What is your favourite PM tool for creating Gantt Charts?