Gantt Excel is fully automated and is super easy to use.
If you use Microsoft Excel, you can create a Gantt Chart with almost no learning curve.
Microsoft Excel is instantly familiar, so everyone on your team “gets it” and hits the ground running.
Gantt Excel allows you to visualize and track every step of your project, from start to finish.
You can create tasks, link them using dependencies, and then track their progress against deadlines and milestones.
Create Gantt Charts in Microsoft Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 & 2024 on Windows and Excel 2016, 2019, 2021 & 2024 on macOS.
Also works on all versions supported by Office365/ Microsoft 365.
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Gantt Excel features a customized Excel Ribbon menu for adding charts, tasks, and milestones.
Gantt Excel offers two versions, Daily and Hourly, for scheduling tasks by day or hour.
Create cascading task dependencies to show how time changes impact the process and final deliverable.
The ability to set task dependencies is Gantt Excel’s most powerful feature. Its built-in auto-scheduling seamlessly updates dates based on changes to dependent tasks.
Yes, you heard that right! The Project Dashboard is a free add-on in our Gantt Excel Template. It provides a clear and efficient way to communicate key project details. With just one click, powerful calculations analyze your project plan and instantly generate a dashboard based on the project timeline.
Gantt Excel also serves as a budget and expenses tracker, allowing you to monitor project costs within your Gantt chart.
Set a baseline and estimated project budget, and easily track the baseline cost, estimated cost, and actual cost for each task.
Ability to add Milestones in the Gantt Chart
Milestones keep your team on track and help accurately assess whether your project is on schedule.
You can also create milestone charts for key presentations and updates to senior management and clients.
Show Task Progress for each task in the Gantt Chart Timeline
Gantt Excel offers six calendar views: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half-Yearly, and Yearly, giving you flexible options to view your project timeline.
There is no other gantt chart template or online tool that features this many calendar views.
Our Hourly Planner also includes a Hourly View.
Ability to Set Parent & Child Tasks in your Project.
If a task is large and involves multiple users with different skills, you can break it down into subtasks and establish parent-child relationships for better management.
Ability to Assign Resources to tasks and track Resource Cost.
Set up Holidays and Non-Working Days per Resource.
Display custom text within the Gantt bars to provide the right level of detail, allowing for an instant understanding of the project plan.
The task form offers a comprehensive overview of task details, including assigned resources and dependent tasks.
Track Baseline, Estimated and Actual Dates in your Project Timeline
Quickly identify any overdue tasks in your project schedule to ensure they don’t fall through the cracks.
Overdue tasks show in red color or any color of your choosing.
Colors play a crucial role in Gantt charts as visual cues. You can fully customize the project timeline colors, allowing you to create a timeline that stands out and impresses!
Export your Gantt Chart to PDF or to XLSX to share with your colleagues and clients.
Click below to see a Gantt Chart created in Gantt Excel and exported to PDF.
Gantt Chart in PDF
Click below to see a Gantt Chart created in Gantt Excel and exported to XLSX.
Gantt Chart in XLSX
“This is the best alternative to Microsoft Project. This is an Excel Template on Steroids, very Powerful yet very Simple to use.
Best Project Management tool ever, Period.” – Tony Smith (Project Manager)”
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Here is our Gantt Chart Tutorial for you to get started. Just click on the link below to view step by step instructions to create a project timeline in a few minutes