Learn project planning
Short, plain-language guides to the ideas behind a schedule that holds.
What is the critical path?
One chain of tasks decides when your project actually ends. What it is, what float means, and how to use it to protect a deadline.
ReadHow to plan a project with a Gantt chart
Eight steps from a blank timeline to a plan that survives contact with reality: breakdown, estimates, dependencies, workload, baseline, tracking.
ReadGantt chart dependencies, explained
FS, SS, FF, SF, lag and lead, what happens when a predecessor moves, and the three classic mistakes that quietly break schedules.
ReadWhat is a project baseline?
The current plan always looks intentional. Baselines and variance are how drift becomes visible, and when re-baselining is honest.
ReadSeeing team overload before it happens
Peak load per person per week, across projects, against personal capacity: the number that predicts missed deadlines weeks early.
ReadThe calendar view, and what it cannot tell you
A calendar answers what is on this week; a Gantt answers what breaks if this slips. How to read the bars, and where a calendar quietly misleads you.
ReadCritical path vs deadline: which to watch?
Your deadline is a promise; the critical path is a forecast. The gap between them is your real status, and the number to manage weekly.
ReadMore guides are on the way. Meanwhile, the product tour shows all of this on a real plan.