Editing Gantt chart (section)

{{Short description|Type of chart to show a project schedule}}
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[[File:GanttChartAnatomy.svg|right|thumb|A Gantt chart showing three kinds of schedule dependencies (in red) and percent complete indications]]
[[File:Henry L. Gantt.jpg|thumb|[[Henry Gantt]], inventor of the Gantt chart]]
A '''Gantt chart''' is a [[bar chart]] that illustrates a [[schedule (project management)|project schedule]].{{sfn|Project Management Institute|2021|loc=Glossary §3 Definitions}} It was designed and popularized by [[Henry Gantt]] around the years 1910–1915.{{sfn|Gantt|1910}}{{sfn|Morris|1997|p=7}} Modern Gantt charts also show the [[Dependency (project management)|dependency]] relationships between activities and the current schedule status.