How to creat a Production Chart for animation production
Gantt charts are a hugely used project management tool that are an crucial part of the planning process when producing an animation project. First conceived by Polish engineer Karol Adamiecki in the 1890s, they were then famed by Henry Gantt 15 years later in America, thus becoming known as ‘Gantt’ charts or production chart. The charts are a practical way of knowing where you are with an animation at a glance, as you are able to view tasks displayed against time. In addition to this, you can easily see the start and end dates and period of activities, as well as who each task is assigned to.
The main benefits of using a Production Chart instead of a schedule made in Excel is you are able to change dates and have the chart automatically update itself to reflect these, rather than having to lay out a long time manually editing.