Talk:Karol Adamiecki

With minor modifications, this chart is now more commonly referred to as the Gantt Chart.

With minor modifications, this chart is now more commonly referred to as the Gantt Chart.

Can anyone say what are the differences between the harmonigram and a Gantt chart? Regards, Ben Aveling 07:11, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Both had sequences of activity arranged in a strip with units of time. The harmonogram was in the form of strips of paper on a board, and by the use of sliding parts it was possible both to see the critical path of the work, and to follow work in progress (and adjust the work plan if it did not fit the prediction). It was thus more sophisticated.Chemical Engineer (talk) 21:22, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Recently the association of the use of 'Gantt Chart' as a synonym for a 'Bar Chart' has been questioned primarily in two excellent papers from Patrick Weaver; ‘Henry L Gantt, 1861 – 1919. Debunking the myths, a retrospective view of his work’. PM World Journal, Vol. I, Issue V (December 2012) and ‘Where did the Misuse of the names Gantt and PERT Originate?’. PM World Journal, Vol. II, Issue IV (April 2013).

As Weaver points out:

"Around 1984/5 Microsoft Project was launched and it used the term ‘Gantt Chart’ for its bar chart view and ‘PERT chart’ for its PDM (or CPM) network diagram. Both terms are ‘wrong’ form a purist perspective, but the increase in the usage of both terms seems to correlate with the rise to dominance of Microsoft Project over many competing PC scheduling tools."

and furthermore

"In the meantime, we should all try to use the correct name for charts, diagrams and processes. It may come as a surprise to some, but the name we call things matters because it communicates what we are talking about to our audience. The alternative was effectively described by Robert McCloskey, a US State Department Spokesman several years ago ‘I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realise that what you heard is not what I meant!’ Effective communication needs a mutual understanding of the terms used, and this is helped if the terms are consistently used for their correct purpose."

I suggest that unless we are specifically talking about a 'Gantt Chart' we should refer to a bar charts as a 'Bar Charts'.

Davidbordoli (talk) 15:29, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

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