Watch this informative tutorial on how to plan a project with a Gantt chart tool, brought to you by Railsware Product Academy. After watching this video you will learn:

What is a Gantt chart and why it’s so popular
How a Gantt chart could benefit your project
What software tools are used to build a Gantt Chart
How to build a Gantt chart for free in Google Sheets

We’ve prepared a practice case for you. To follow along, please make a copy of a Gantt chart template in Google Sheets: https://bit.ly/practice-ganttchart

Read this Coupler.io blog post to learn how to build various Gantt charts from scratch. You can also find other Gantt chart templates here:
https://bit.ly/blogpost-gantt

We use Coupler.io to import data stored in other tools (Jira, Airtable, Clockify and others) into Gantt charts in Google Sheets.
https://bit.ly/coupler-gantt

Timestamps:
0:00 Why a Gantt chart is the most popular planning tool
1:17 What is a Gantt chart
1:49 Major elements of a Gantt chart
2:52 History of a Gantt chart
3:24 What to monitor with a Gantt chart
3:41 How can a Gantt chart benefit any project
5:05 Tools to create a Gantt chart (Google Spreadsheets, Excel, Asana, Trello, Microsoft Project etc.)
6:08 Why to use Google Sheets for a Gantt chart
6:43 How to create a Gantt chart in GSheets (stacked bar chart)
7:33 How to create a Gantt chart in GSheets (conditional formatting)
8:56 Case study: a multi-phase Gantt chart for promotional campaign
12:10 Summary

We’d love to hear from you. Please share in the comments below what projects you already have used Gantt charts for? What advantages and disadvantages you find in using Gantt charts? Also, what software do you use to build a Gantt Chart? Do you prefer Google Sheets or something else, like Asana, Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau, etc.?

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Design and video production: Oleg Gorovoi, Vlad Shagov, PING Studio
Author and speaker: Daria Batalova

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