Step 2: Make an Excel Bar Chart To start to visualize your data, you’ll first create an Excel stacked bar chart from the spreadsheet. Select the “Start date” column, so it’s highlighted.

However, some project management software providers, like monday.com, have an online whiteboard feature – functioning much like a normal whiteboard – that you can create PERT charts with.

Organization is a key component of project management. When creating a project schedule, managers will find both Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) and Gantt charts to be essential ...

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In addition, those who create PERT charts can now zoom in one them, display subtasks, change the color and shape of objects and create new objects by command-dragging.