Gantt Features

What is Gantt?

By default, both the Table and Gantt charts are enabled after creating a new portfolio. A Gantt chart is a project management tool that visually represents the timeline of a project, showing the start and end dates of various elements or tasks.

By combining with the WBS - Work Breakdown Structure, it integrates the WBS's hierarchical structure with timeline and task dependencies from the Gantt chart to help visualize and manage a project more effectively.

Critical Path

The Critical Path in a Gantt chart highlights the sequence of tasks to determine the project's overall duration & helps you focus on the most crucial activities to meet deadlines. It represents the longest path of interdependent tasks in the project schedule, and any delay in the critical path will result in a delay in the overall project timeline.

This critical path helps project managers stay focused on the tasks that determine whether a project will be completed on time.

*How to enable Critical Path

To enable this feature, simply click the Critical Path button.

Baseline

A Gantt Baseline is a snapshot of the original project plan at a specific point in time, which includes the planned start and finish dates, task durations, and dependencies. It provides a "planned" timeline against which the actual performance of the project can be measured.

You can use the baseline as a reference point for comparing the actual progress of the project to what was originally planned.

1. Create a Baseline

Your current view of the portfolio serves as the original view of your project planning.

To use it to create a new baseline, click the Baseline button → choose + Create a new baseline.

Input the baseline name → click Create.

2. Enable/Disable the Baseline

You are now free to move and adjust your planned issues while working on the Gantt. To enable a baseline, simply open the menu again and select the baseline you want.

Deselect (clicking ) a baseline to disable it.

You can confirm the baseline bars on the Gantt timeline after enabling it.

Auto-scheduling

What is Auto-scheduling?

Auto-scheduling automatically adjusts task dates and dependencies when changes are made to the Gantt chart, ensuring your project timeline stays up to date.

In other words, when you move an issue on the Gantt chart, all dependencies (other issues linked to it) will also move automatically. This helps save time, reduce manual planning errors, and improve efficiency by streamlining the scheduling process.

To enable/disable this feature, go to Settings → Toggle on/off the Auto-scheduling function.

Setting up gap days

GanttTable supports setting gap days between linked tasks directly when Auto-scheduling feature is turned ON.

Users can set up different gap days for each dependencies in GanttTable.

To set up gap days, click on a dependency link → adjust the gap days in the box → click Update.