Gantt Chart:
A Gantt chart is a visual tool used to represent a project schedule. It displays tasks as horizontal bars along a timeline, showing their start and end dates, durations, and dependencies.
- It helps project managers and teams visualize the progress of tasks, identify overlaps, and manage deadlines.
- Example: A software development project might have tasks like “Requirements Gathering,” “Design,” “Coding,” “Testing,” and “Deployment,” each represented as bars on the chart.
Network Diagram:
A network diagram (also called a PERT chart or activity network diagram) is a graphical representation of the sequence of tasks in a project and their dependencies.
- PERT stands for Program Evaluation Review Technique.
- It uses nodes (representing tasks) and arrows (representing dependencies) to show the flow of activities.
- It helps identify the critical path, which is the sequence of tasks that determines the minimum project duration.
- Example: In a network diagram, “Design” might depend on “Requirements Gathering,” and “Coding” might depend on “Design.”
