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Will the Gantt chart eventually disappear in IT organizations?

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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
There are some companies that are phasing out the Gantt chart due to Agile. Will Gantt charts become extinct in some organizations?
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Eduard Hernandez
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Product Operations Program Manager Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain
I am not familiar with IT Projects. In some of my projects, a traditional Gantt chart with its beautiful waterfall lives in perfect harmony with the SCRUM board. The latter is used as a tool to ensure that deliverables are on time and to manage (small) changes in a quick and efficient manner.
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Drake Settsu Project Manager / Blogger Hi, United States
The Gantt chart will be present.
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Anish Abraham Privacy Program Manager| University of Washington Auburn, Wa, United States
I'm still using Gantt chart for my projects.
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
I believe the Gantt chart is very important on so many levels.
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Sante -

On "fully" agile projects within minimal external dependencies, a team might be able to shift entirely away from Gantt charts but in most cases you will either have some waterfall work packages and/or sufficient external dependencies to justify use of Gantt charts but at an appropriate level of detail and not containing redundant info relative to what is being tracked in your agile planning & work tracking tool.

Kiron
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
It's an irresistible format that suits the human brain so well
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Conrad Drumheiser IT Manager Streetsboro, Oh, United States
For organizations involved with Agile software development there is no need for the Gantt chart.
Yet for all other organizations involved in IT projects that are outside of software development the Gantt chart is irreplaceable. Software installation, equipment rollouts, service integration, circuit upgrades, essentially everything in IT that is not software development runs on the traditional waterfall model. As long as there is waterfall, there is the Gantt chart.
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Sante,

Event in an Agile I think Gantt is there to stay. So easy for everyone to get understanding.
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May 08, 2018 1:01 AM
Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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You might be right Vincent. Maybe a morph between the Gantt chart and Agile board.
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
May 07, 2018 9:07 PM
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Sante,

Event in an Agile I think Gantt is there to stay. So easy for everyone to get understanding.
You might be right Vincent. Maybe a morph between the Gantt chart and Agile board.
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Kevin Drake Perth, Western Australia, Australia
I think Gantt Chart will remain for sure but it will evolve a lot in the agile area
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