Gantt Chart with MetriQ Time Tracking Software

Overview:
In a Gantt chart, each folder, task or sub-task takes up one row. Dates run along the bottom in increments of days, weeks or months, depending on the total duration of the selection. The expected time for each task is represented by a horizontal bar whose left end marks the expected beginning of the task, and whose right end marks the expected completion date. Tasks may run sequentially, in parallel or overlapping (see also Gantt Chart).

As a task progresses in time, the chart is updated by filling in the bars to a length proportional to the fraction of work that has been accomplished on the task. This way, one can get a quick reading of a task's progress by drawing a vertical line through the chart at the current date. Completed tasks lie to the left of the line and are completely filled in. Current tasks cross the line and are behind schedule if their filled-in section is to the left of the line and ahead of schedule if the filled-in section stops to the right of the line. Future tasks lie completely to the right of the line.

Figure 1. Gantt Chart

Figure 1 shows a Gantt Chart for multiple selected items from the folder selection and shows the progress for the estimated Specification task AND each of its contained sub-tasks. The Order of selection will determine the order of placement on the graph.

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