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With that in
mind, project planning calendars are more complicated than the ones you could
use on a daily basis. Their format is familiar, but they provide a broader
range of information.
Why are project management calendars
important?
There's a reason
why we still use a paper calendar. They're great for seeing the passage of time
and putting together a schedule. Calendar views are used by project managers to
visualize timetables in an easy-to-understand format, frequently in conjunction
with a Gantt chart to display information as completely as possible. A project
planning calendar, on the other hand, is a great initial step to take before
creating a timeline.
Project calendars
organize all of the details regarding the project plan schedule in an
easy-to-understand format. It takes a skilled eye to see what a Gantt chart
shows, and these formats might be overwhelming for some people. On the other
hand, a project calendar is extremely simple. Everyone on a team is different,
and having a project calendar on hand makes it easier to meet everyone's
distinct preferences.
What is on a project calendar?
More than only
crucial deadline dates must be displayed on project calendars. This is just one
piece of the puzzle. Team members will be required to resort to other papers if
a project calendar only indicates this aspect of the project schedule, which
might lead to confusion and blunders.
Create a project
calendar instead, which consolidates all project schedule information in one
location. Tasks, resources, baselines, due dates, and other details are
included.
How to track projects with a project
calendar?
Comparing task
due dates to progress and assessing whether or not tasks are on pace to be
completed on time is one technique to track projects with a project calendar.
Another option is to use a calendar to keep track of resources and significant
dates.
It's simple to
compare the plan to reality when you use a resource calendar like this. Simply
compare where resources were supposed to be vs where they are now.