A gantt chart is a common tool for project planning and keeping track of the status of individual tasks within a project. This type of chart was invented in 1910 by a mechanical engineer named Henry Gantt, and there are now a great many software tools that use gantt charts in project planning. Excel is a popular tool for creating Gantt charts, but for more advanced project management activities, you may need a tool such as Microsoft Project or a project management add-in for Excel. Here is template to create a gantt chart in excel.

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Task 1
Task 2
Task 3
Task 4 Duration
Task 5
Task 6
Task 7
Task 8
Column1 Start Date Duration End Date
Task 1 8/1/2007 5 8/6/2007
Task 2 8/5/2007 4 8/9/2007
Task 3 8/9/2007 3 8/12/2007
Task 4 8/13/2007 8 8/21/2007
Task 5 8/17/2007 12 8/29/2007
Task 6 8/21/2007 4 8/25/2007
Task 7 8/25/2007 21 9/15/2007
Task 8 8/29/2007 17 9/15/2007