Gantt Charts as Management Reports:
Showing progress on the Gantt Chart
One of the benefits of the Gantt Chart is that it gives you a simple way to depict project status. In the diagram, a vertical line is drawn to represent the status date. All work to the left of the line should be complete, work to the right of the line is planned for the future.

This simple visual representation of schedule and status immediately highlights any exceptions.

Guidelines for Management Reports

1. Report by exception
   
   
2. Standardize the report format
   
   
3. Report variations from the baseline
   
   
4. Freeze the baseline