Task Management System Software

Task Management in Excel

The secret to getting your projects completed on time is to manage your tasks well. 
Gantt Excel is an excellent task manager which will help you to track your tasks and display a gantt chart to visualize your project.

All projects are made up of tasks. In project management, task management is how work is efficiently organized.
Whether you’re building a million dollar company or creating just a mobile app or website, every project is essentially a list of tasks.
 Task management involves the process of identifying and monitoring the progress of work that needs to be done
during a specific time period.

Our task manager software will allow you to create tasks, sub tasks, parent child tasks, set dates, costs and task dependencies.

Task management is a complicated discipline which requires a great deal of attention to detail, flexibility and we have the right tool – Gantt Excel.

Gantt Excel is an excellent task tracker built in Microsoft Excel and is one of the best task tracking software available today.

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Explore a real project below. Hover any task, milestone or numbered marker to see what Gantt Excel does — dependencies, the critical path, budgets, resources and live dates, all built right into your spreadsheet.

Gantt Excel allows you to visualize and track every step of your project, from start to finish.
You can create tasks, link them using dependencies, and then track their progress against deadlines and milestones.

Task Management

Project managers who adhere to Gantt Excel have a comprehensive and up-to-date plan for their project, and are usually effective at directing resources and pushing the job forward.

Task management is the method of tracking all the tasks of your project from start to finish, across their specific phases. 
Task management begins with the concept of task breakdowns. Separating the job into functional partitions of smaller tasks and subtasks.

You can easily create subtasks in our task management excel template with the click of a button.

Managing these tasks on the basis of priority, while retaining the cost, forms the foundation of Gantt Excel.

Implementing a comprehensive task management system can help increase efficiency, identify the importance of the tasks and control the team’s workload. Task management is the term which defines and tracks the progress of various tasks.

Implementing a Task Management software gives companies various advantages. It’s easier to monitor progress and identify challenges or bottlenecks. Employees will have access to a project timeline with a summary of the tasks that need to be completed as well as the tasks that have been delegated to team members.

When you create a task in Gantt Excel, a deadline needs to be set. This creates clear expectations for all stakeholders. Trying to keep track of all the information for each team member without having a proper Task Management system in place will cause major problems including deadlines not being met, resources not having sufficient capacity to complete the tasks allocated to them and time wasted on tasks that aren’t urgent.

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Costs Module – Account for Project Costs

Gantt Excel also serves as a budget and expenses tracker, allowing you to monitor project costs within your Gantt chart.

Project Budget Costs

Resource Module

Assign resources to tasks and track their costs directly in Gantt Excel. Easily configure holidays and non-working days for each resource, ensuring accurate scheduling and cost projections.

Gantt Resource Management

Track Baseline, Estimated and Actual Dates

Monitor your project’s progress against original plans, current estimates, and real-world results.

Gantt Baseline Actual Bars

Export & Share

Export your Gantt Chart to PDF or to XLSX to share with your colleagues and clients.

Gantt Excel PDF

Click below to see a Gantt Chart created in Gantt Excel and exported to PDF.
Gantt Chart in PDF

Click below to see a Gantt Chart created in Gantt Excel and exported to XLSX.
Gantt Chart in XLSX

Our Gantt Сhart Template Turbocharges Project Management

Gantt Chart Excel – Complete Feature List

  • Ability to create as many Gantt Charts in Excel as you want
  • Add as many tasks and milestones to a gantt chart
  • Add or edit tasks using intuitive forms
  • Duplicate tasks easily
  • Set parent and child task relationships
  • Create task and milestone dependencies
  • Fine-tune dependent task dates using lag
  • Select dates using a date picker
  • Track estimated, baseline and actual dates
  • Auto-calculate duration based on start and finish dates
  • Auto-calculate end date based on start date and duration
  • Account for holidays
  • Set up workweek calendar days
  • Parent tasks auto-calculate dates, percent complete and costs
  • Set project estimated and baseline budget
  • Generate a project dashboard with the click of a button
  • Track estimated, baseline and actual costs
  • Set Currency per project
  • Track task percent complete
  • Highlight overdue tasks in the timeline
  • Auto-calculate percent complete or enter it manually
  • Set simple or weighted percentage for parent tasks
  • Add resources to tasks
  • Set resource per day cost
  • Add task notes
  • Insert up to 10 custom columns
  • Show or hide system and custom columns
  • Gantt chart timeline automatically updates based on any change
  • Daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and yearly views
  • Show estimated, baseline and actual timeline bars
  • Task percentage complete bar overlays the estimated bar
  • Scroll timeline to start, current or end of the project
  • Customize timeline gantt bars and milestone colors
  • Show or hide dependency connectors
  • Today indicator available in the Gantt chart
  • Show text on Gantt Bars

Gantt Charts Made Super Easy

Manage your Project Timeline, Tasks and Workload like a Pro.

“Hands down, Gantt Excel is the best alternative to Microsoft Project. It truly is an Excel template on steroids – delivering powerful results with incredible ease. The best project management tool ever, full stop.” — Tony Smith, Project Manager

Reviews From Around The Globe

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“This is a fantastic tool—a superb alternative to Microsoft Project for creating Gantt charts. A++” — Marty E. (CA, United States)

“Gantt Excel is an incredibly well-designed project planning tool that I rely on constantly. The support and delivery are fast and professional, making it a truly reliable solution. @GanttExcel: you’ve earned a loyal user!” — Camiel, Limburg

“This Gantt chart is a game-changer! The ability to simply update one date and have everything else flow seamlessly is incredible, especially with ever-changing timelines—it’s a massive time-saver. Plus, their team is incredibly responsive. I highly recommend Gantt Excel and their fantastic product!” — Mariana, DC, United States

“Gantt Excel saved the day and absolutely blew me away! I needed a simple, intuitive Excel Gantt chart to quickly communicate project status to stakeholders who prefer Excel. After trying others, Gantt Excel far exceeded my expectations. With 20 years in systems, I’m genuinely amazed by its design and features—all built in Excel! And the price? Unbelievable. You’ve definitely made a new fan!” — Chuck S., CT, United States

“Great product, fantastic customer service. I highly recommend Gantt Excel to all types of project managers!” — Matt, CA, United States

“This chart is amazing and incredibly easy to use—it’ll be a resource I rely on for years! The customer service is excellent too; they provided immediate solutions to all my questions.” — Jay, ON, United States

How to Create a Gantt Chart in Excel?

Step-by-Step Tutorial for Creating a Gantt Chart in Excel

Here is our Gantt Chart Tutorial for you to get started. Just click on the link below to view step by step instructions to create a project timeline in a few minutes

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