Excel Gantt Chart
Project Management template - Gantt Chart software
The Gantt Chart Excel template is a powerful Project Plan template used by a Project Manager to plan and manage a project.
The Gantt Chart template illustrates your project with an easy-to-understand graphic timeline bar chart.

Like every other Systems2win template, the Gantt Chart Excel template comes with a sample project plan containing extensive online help and training - so that your Project Manager can devote her valuable time to actually planning and managing the project.
And like every other Systems2win template, you get pop-up help when you simply click any row or column heading on your Excel Gantt Chart Project Plan xls.
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Gantt Chart Software
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| Written in Excel
Familiar. Your people already own it know how to use it. |
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| Auto-draws the Gantt Chart
with auto-adjusting time scale, % complete, and a line that shows "Today" |
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| Easily shared between licensed users | |
| Easily shared with unlicensed users | |
| Unlimited comments per row
to clearly explain |
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| Unlimited hyperlinks per row
using Link Icons |
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| Unlimited size
Gantt Chart can expand to any size |
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| Dropdown lists
of user-defined codes for unlimited people and resources |
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| Color-coded phases tasks, milestones, resources, etc. |
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| Calculate start date end date, or duration for any line item |
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| Define simple or complex predecessor
relationships (e.g. this task starts 5 days after another ends) with all the power of Excel's formulas, and ability to link to outside data sources |
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| Good for all skill levels
with multi-layered levels of detail for new and advanced users |
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| Multi-layered levels of details Easily hide rows & columns of unneeded details. |
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| Analyze project budgets and costs with all the power of Excel |
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| Analyze effort (in hours) and Duration (in days)
filtered by people, resources, costs, % complete, and more |
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| Adjust schedule for your calendar of working
days and holidays using Work Calendar Adjustment Factors |
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| Plenty of helpful online training both searchable text training and video training |
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Reasons you might want to
step up to more expensive Project Management
Software |
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| Comparison | Systems2win Excel Gantt Chart | Other |
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| Define grid lines |
Yes, but only using whole numbers.
E.g. 7 days = a week. 30 days is close to a month. |
Yes. Advanced time-based gridline capabilities |
| Header rows repeat at top of each printed page |
Yes but only for columns - not chart Chart has axis labels at top and bottom |
Yes |
| Auto-numbering of complex Work Breakdown Structure numbers |
No Just use Edit > Fill Series for (automatic) simple numbering, or manually enter complex numbers |
Yes Auto-number options include outline format (e.g. 1.1, then 1.1.1) |
| Select multiple colors for Gantt chart bars |
All Gantt chart bars will be the
same two colors for complete vs. incomplete. You can, however define those 2 colors. |
Yes |
| Display predecessor relationships on the chart | No | Yes |
| Critical path analysis | No | Yes |
| Calendar view | No | Yes |
| Earned Value Management | No | Yes |
| Manage resources across multiple projects |
No Theoretically, you could use Excel formulas to do this, but if you are managing more than a couple projects that need to share resources, you should probably step up to high-end Project Management software |
Yes |
Project Management template software that every team leader can use and every team member can share
Even if your company already owns a few expensive seats of a proprietary project management software application, (like Microsoft Project, or Primavera), wouldn't it be nice to have a Gantt chart that everyone else can use?
- That's simpler to use?
- That's inexpensive - so everyone on your team CAN use it?
- With instantly available and free online training?
- With no evenings away from home and family trying to
learn an unfamiliar tool
that you begin to suspect is far more complex than needed for "our little project"?
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This Excel Gantt Chart template comes
bundled
and has steep quantity discounts |
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After viewing our
Gantt Chart training
videos, |
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Gantt Chart Excel - now that's a good idea!


