Henry Lawrence Gantt

Gantt Charts are a useful method to help someone get smart and get organized. Henry Lawrence Gantt was a genius when he discovered the bizarre chart in the 1920's. But by the time officials discovered that the Gantt Chart was the key to road systems, the simple tool became popular world wide. A Gantt Chart is basically a gridded scale with the x-axis labelled as timeline and the y-axis labelled as different types of jobs or roles. As time passes the jobs or roles changes thus showing the amount of work we've done and the amount of time we've spent on the work. Some jobs or roles may overlap as somethings can be done while waiting for another thing to complete.

For learners who have no sense of time management and planning such as I am, might find the Gantt Chart a useful tool in aiding their studies. Assignments and school projects such as Global Perspective group projects requires an extraordinary skill of time management and the Gantt Chart might just be your bible. You can assign roles for members, assign deadlines for certain jobs, and also get a few people individual work to do at the same time. If a Gantt Chart exists then there can be no excuse of forgetting, confusion, or any form of conflict in the work assigned for each people. The school provided us with a remarkable program called the "Gantt Project" and I think that it is fantastic for learning and management. With a few clicks you can predict when you're going to get things done.

Sometimes people just do not know how to use technology to its full potential, such as I do. Therefore I am here to throw a few tips you might just find useful to you:

1. You can label every job or role in your Gantt Project, instead of looking for it on the right side of the page.
2. Colour coding is another way to make labeling look simpler. Some people just enjoy colours. Unfortunately I'm colour-blind as hell.
3. The Gantt Project timeline is infinite, you can make your Gantt Chart as long as you like.