Adjust your Gantt chart
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2025 8:36 am
Now that you've created your Gantt chart in Jira, it's time to configure it.
You can tailor it to your project scheduling needs by editing the work calendar or aligning the schedule with your fiscal year.
Adjusting Gantt chart calendars
via Jira To improve the visualization of your project, you can customize the progress bars and priority indicators with different colors.
If your project has multiple files, the Quick Filter feature comes to the rescue! Just like the ones on your Jira Board, you can search and filter for specific issues using JQL to simplify your project scheduling.
make changes to the Gantt chart
via Jira
Step 3: Plan tasks on your Gantt chart
Have you ever felt like your project was spiraling into chaos? Jira’s intuitive drag-and-drop media directors email list interface for planning may be just what you need.
Need to add dependencies? Simply grab the start or end of a taskbar and drop it on the corresponding task. It's very easy.
Planning tasks on a Gantt chart
via Jira Once you've set the start date and duration of a task, the app will automatically calculate the end date based on your work calendar.
Of course, if you want to adjust the dates manually, you can easily drag, stretch, or shrink those taskbars.
The cherry on top? If you adjust a task's schedule, all of the task's dependencies follow suit, keeping your project in sync like clockwork.
You can also read: 5 steps for effective project time management
You can tailor it to your project scheduling needs by editing the work calendar or aligning the schedule with your fiscal year.
Adjusting Gantt chart calendars
via Jira To improve the visualization of your project, you can customize the progress bars and priority indicators with different colors.
If your project has multiple files, the Quick Filter feature comes to the rescue! Just like the ones on your Jira Board, you can search and filter for specific issues using JQL to simplify your project scheduling.
make changes to the Gantt chart
via Jira
Step 3: Plan tasks on your Gantt chart
Have you ever felt like your project was spiraling into chaos? Jira’s intuitive drag-and-drop media directors email list interface for planning may be just what you need.
Need to add dependencies? Simply grab the start or end of a taskbar and drop it on the corresponding task. It's very easy.
Planning tasks on a Gantt chart
via Jira Once you've set the start date and duration of a task, the app will automatically calculate the end date based on your work calendar.
Of course, if you want to adjust the dates manually, you can easily drag, stretch, or shrink those taskbars.
The cherry on top? If you adjust a task's schedule, all of the task's dependencies follow suit, keeping your project in sync like clockwork.
You can also read: 5 steps for effective project time management