


They lay out the project tasks on a timeline, with time across the horizontal axis, and activities running vertically. Gantt charts are modeled after simple bar charts-flipped sideways so the bars run horizontally. Our built-in Gantt view does all the heavy lifting for you! Learn more about Airtable’s Gantt view. It’s free and easy to create Gantt charts with Airtable. Read on for a step-by-step guide to creating a simple Gantt chart, and to learn how to get the most of your Gantt chart in action. They’re also ideal for things like production timelines (where start and end dates are critical) and resource management (where you need to track team capacity in real time).

But Gantt charts can be used for more than project management. Gantt charts are a project-management tool modeled after bar charts, designed to help people view and understand timelines for both projects and tasks. If you’ve ever found yourself squinting at a multi-tab spreadsheet (or-even worse-several versions of a multi-tab spreadsheet), you know how hard it is to quickly understand what is being done, by whom, and when.So what’s the best way to visualize a complex project? For many project managers, Gantt charts are the key. No matter how straightforward the project seems before you kick it off, chaos is inevitable-stakeholders get added, deadlines shift, and your documentation morphs into a visual mess.
