Can I change task deadlines directly on the chart?

Yes, simply drag a task on the timeline — the system automatically updates all related data.

Are task dependencies supported?

Yes, you can connect tasks with arrows to visualize how stages affect one another.

Can a team work on Gantt charts collaboratively?

Yes, all participants have real-time access and see live updates.

Can I create tasks directly in the chart?

Yes, tasks can be easily created right within the interface.

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Gantt

Gantt Charts for Deadline Control

Visually plan projects, monitor progress, and see task dependencies in a single interface.

Built for

Project managers
Manufacturing
Construction
Event teams

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By the numbers

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customer data

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overdue milestones

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What's inside

Everything your team needs — in one window

From a strategic plan to daily tasks — manage timelines more conveniently than ever before.

Capability 01

Task Planning

Distribute tasks over time and instantly see the full project picture.

Capability 02

Progress Tracking

Easily identify which tasks are on track and which are behind schedule.

Capability 03

Dependency Detection

Link tasks together to avoid delays and bottlenecks.

Capability 04

Create Subtasks

Quickly create subtasks directly in the Gantt chart and set their deadlines.

How it works

Opening a New Restaurant

A structured timeline including all stages: finding a location, renovation, equipment purchase, hiring staff, and marketing campaigns. It highlights the critical path and ensures no details are missed.

Developing an Educational Course
Film or Series Production

How it works

International Exhibition

Plan logistics, booth production, product delivery, material design, hotel bookings, and flights. The chart synchronizes teams across countries.

Business Expansion
Building a Private House

Deep dive

Gantt charts in practice — building a timeline that survives contact with reality

5 chapters

Gantt looks convincing on a kickoff slide, but three weeks in, 80% of timelines turn into a museum of dates nobody updates. The reason is always the same: too much detail upfront, no real dependencies, and no clear critical path. Here is how to build a Gantt chart in Easylim that the team actually opens daily — not once a quarter when the CEO asks for an "updated plan".

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What Gantt actually is and why engineering and ops teams pick it

A Gantt chart is a horizontal timeline where each task is a bar. The bar's length is duration, its position is start and end, arrows between bars are dependencies. The fundamental difference from Kanban: Kanban shows status ("this is in progress"); Gantt shows status + time ("this is in progress, started May 1, due May 18, QA starts after it").

For projects with hard deadlines and real dependencies, this format is the only one that doesn't lie. Construction, SaaS release planning, event launches, manufacturing cycles — anything where "you can't weld the seams until the metal is delivered" simply isn't compatible with a column-based board.

Easylim renders Gantt as a timeline with 6+ months on one screen, with drag-to-edit dates, draw-by-line dependencies, and automatic highlighting of the critical path — the sequence of tasks that determines the final delivery date. Slip one task on the critical path by two days and the whole project slips two days. Everything else can move without consequences.

Gantt = status + time + dependencies. Kanban only shows status.
Critical path = longest chain of dependent tasks = your real delivery date.
Fits work with rigid ordering: construction, releases, manufacturing, events.

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How to build your first Gantt in Easylim without drowning in detail

The worst thing you can do with a Gantt chart is lay out 200 tasks at project kickoff. Within a week half the dates will be wrong, and the team will stop opening the timeline. Work the other way around: start with 5–7 top-level phases (Discovery, Design, Build, QA, Launch), then add detailed tasks only inside the phase you're actively running.

In Easylim, create a project, open the Gantt view, and add the first bar — that's a phase. Drag to set its duration (Discovery: two weeks). Inside the phase, create subtasks directly on the chart — right-click a bar, "add subtask". Child bars automatically group under the parent.

Dependencies are drawn with the mouse: pull a line from the end of one bar to the start of another. Easylim supports 4 types — FS (finish-to-start, the default), SS, FF, SF. For most projects FS is all you need. Once you've got the first 15–20 bars and dependencies in place, turn on critical path highlighting and look at which tasks actually drive your release date.

Start with 5–7 phases. Detail only the active phase or the plan goes stale fast.
Create subtasks directly on the chart — they auto-group under the parent bar.
Draw dependencies with the mouse; 90% of projects only need finish-to-start.

5 phases · top-level plan

Discovery

phase 1

Design

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Build

phase 3

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Launch

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Critical path, baseline and milestones — what separates Gantt from a fancy calendar

With the timeline in place, turn on critical path highlighting. Easylim computes the longest chain of dependent tasks and colors it red. If anything on this path slips, your final delivery slips by the same number of days. Anything off the critical path has slack — you can move it without affecting the deadline.

Baseline is a snapshot of the plan at the moment it was approved. Three months in, you compare the current Gantt against the baseline and see which phases drifted and by how many days. Without a baseline you're always living "in the current plan" and never notice you're 6 weeks past the original commitment.

Milestones are zero-duration bars (diamonds on the timeline). Beta release, contract signature, investor demo. Easylim sends notifications N days before a milestone — that's better than remembering by hand. If your project has 30+ tasks and 0 milestones, nobody is actually managing it; you're just maintaining a task list.

Critical path = your real delivery date. Everything else has slack.
Baseline = the photo of the promise. Without it, slip stays invisible until the end.
Milestones for external commitments (demo, release, payment) — so the date never surprises anyone.

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slack — has buffer

Розділ

A PM's week with Gantt — a restaurant launch example

Monday 10:00 — timeline review (15 minutes). The PM walks through every bar that was supposed to finish last week and checks reality. Two bars — "equipment delivery" and "supplier contract" — slipped by 4 days. The PM drags them on the chart, and Easylim auto-recalculates every dependent bar downstream.

Tuesday — the supplier confirms a new kitchen delivery date, 7 days later. The PM moves the bar and immediately sees: the restaurant opening slips by 7 days, because kitchen delivery is on the critical path. That's a signal to the owner today, not the week before opening.

Wednesday — a new bar is added: "health inspection permit" (originally forgotten). The PM draws a dependency: opening can't start without the permit. Thursday — the electrical subcontractor offers to start 5 days earlier. The PM shifts the bar; the critical path shortens, and opening moves back to the original date.

Friday — baseline comparison. The chart shows 6 of 24 bars drifted more than a week, all in the same phase (procurement). That's the signal that next month deserves a dedicated supplier manager.

Timeline review = 15 minutes every Monday. Calendar event, not "when I have time".
Move one bar on the critical path and you see the release slip in real time.
Weekly baseline diff exposes systemic issues — one phase consistently slipping.

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Backend API

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When Gantt is overkill — and what to use instead

Gantt earns its weight on projects with a fixed scope and real dependencies. If your team handles a continuous flow of tasks (product team, marketing, support, ops), Gantt will be mostly empty: short bars, few dependencies, no meaningful critical path. Kanban is the right answer — status without time.

Work pinned to specific dates/times (meetings, calls, reminders) → calendar: Gantt is too heavy for "meeting with client Wednesday 3pm". Personal day planning → daily planner with time-blocking and Google Calendar sync.

Large projects combine both formats: Gantt for the 6-month roadmap (used by leadership and key stakeholders), Kanban for the team's daily work (same task set). In Easylim it's the same data — just two views, no migration, no duplication.

Continuous flow without hard dependencies → Kanban.
Meetings and calls tied to time → calendar.
Big projects: Gantt for the roadmap + Kanban for daily work, same task set.

same tasks · gantt vs kanban

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no dates · just status

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Quick takeaways

1Gantt = time + dependencies. No dependencies, no need for it.
2Start with 5–7 top-level phases, detail only the active one.
3Critical path and baseline turn a decorative timeline into a real management tool.
4Big projects: Gantt for the roadmap + Kanban for daily work, one task set.

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