GANTT360

Documentation

Everything you need to master GANTT360° — from first chart to AI-powered SteerCo decks.

Getting Started

Create your account and first chart in 2 minutes

GANTT360° is designed to get you from zero to a presentation-ready GANTT chart in under 2 minutes. No setup wizards, no config files — sign up, pick a template, and start editing.

Sign up

  1. 1Go to gantt360.com and click "Start free"
  2. 2Enter your email and a password (min 8 characters)
  3. 3Check your inbox for the confirmation email
  4. 4Click the link — you're in!
Tip: You can also sign up with Google SSO — one click, no password to remember.

Every new account also includes an "Example — Feature Showcase" chart: a fully built sample using stage gates, baselines, dependencies, drillable phases and more. Click around in it, drag things, or delete it — it’s yours.

Your first chart

After signing in, you'll see the template picker. Each template shows a mini preview of the chart layout so you can see what you're getting before choosing. Pick one of the 15 starter templates or click "Start Blank" for an empty canvas.

TemplateBest for
SAP/ERP CutoverS/4HANA migrations, wave timelines
Program / Portfolio OverviewOne line per project — summary bars, program gates, collapse for the exec view
Product LaunchResearch → Dev → QA → Beta → GA
Office MigrationPlanning → IT infra → physical move
Software DeliverySprint-based delivery with release milestone
Event PlanningConference / event end-to-end
Website RedesignDiscovery → Design → Build → Content → Go-Live
M&A IntegrationDue diligence → Day 1 → Synergy capture
Marketing CampaignStrategy → Creative production → Channel execution
Construction / Build-OutPermits → Build → MEP → Fit-out → Handover
AI Company LaunchIncorporation → Hiring → GPU setup → Training → Seed → Launch
Fundraising / Series AModel → Deck → Outreach → DD → Term Sheet → Close
Cloud MigrationAssessment → Landing Zone → Pilot → Wave → Decommission
GDPR / ComplianceData mapping → Gap analysis → Controls → Training → Audit
Go-to-Market PlanResearch → Positioning → Channels → Launch → Scale

"Pick a template, replace the sample data with your own, and you're presenting to your SteerCo in minutes — not hours."

The GANTT360° philosophy

Home Cockpit

All your projects at a glance — one click into any chart

Home (top of the sidebar) shows every chart you own as a status card: big schedule-aware progress number, tasks done, countdown to the next key date, and an at-risk/on-track chip. Cards are grouped by project; clicking a card opens the chart.

The progress color is schedule-relative: a healthy project that just started shows green at 10% — red only means you are behind where the calendar says you should be.

Tip: The header sums it up: "6 charts · 1 at risk" tells you where to look first on a Monday morning.

Projects & Charts

Organize your work in projects, folders, and charts

Everything in GANTT360° lives inside a project. A project is a container — like a client engagement, a program, or a department. Inside a project you create charts (the actual GANTT diagrams) and organize them in folders.

Create a new chart

  1. 1Click the green "+ New Chart" button in the sidebar
  2. 2Pick a template or start blank
  3. 3Your chart opens in the editor immediately

Create a folder

  1. 1In the sidebar, find your project name
  2. 2Click "+ New Folder" below it
  3. 3Type the folder name and press Enter
  4. 4The folder appears — ready to organize charts into it

Folders sort alphabetically — with one exception: name a folder "Archive" (or "Archiv") and it always sits at the bottom of its project, below the live folders.

Move a chart into a folder

  1. 1In the sidebar, right-click any chart name
  2. 2Select "Move to [Folder Name]"
  3. 3The chart moves into that folder instantly
  4. 4To move it back, right-click → "Move to root"

Delete a folder

Click the × button next to the folder name. Charts inside are NOT deleted — they move back to the project root. Only the folder container is removed.

Tip: Use the search bar at the top of the sidebar to quickly find any chart across all projects and folders.

Need more room for the chart? The small toggle button on the sidebar's edge switches it to a slim icon rail — Home and New Chart stay one click away, and clicking again brings the full pane back. In rail mode a small cockpit tile shows the open chart's progress ring, the countdown to its next milestone and its health dot — click it for today's PM wisdom.

Personal Templates

Turn any chart into your own reusable starting point

Built a chart structure you want to reuse — your firm's rollout playbook, a client-ready phase model? Save it as a personal template and every future project starts from it.

  1. 1Right-click the chart in the sidebar
  2. 2Choose "Save as template" and give it a name
  3. 3On the New Chart page, your templates appear under "Your templates"

When you create a chart from a template, all dates are re-anchored to the coming Monday and progress resets to 0% — structure, groups, dependencies and durations stay exactly as designed.

Tip: Templates are private to your account. The built-in starter templates stay available alongside yours.

Editing Basics

Add tasks, drag bars, edit labels, and zoom

Add a task

Three ways to add a task:

  1. 1Click the "+ Task" button below the chart
  2. 2Right-click on the empty timeline area → "Add Task here" (creates it at the clicked date)
  3. 3Drag on empty timeline area to draw a bar (left-click + drag horizontally)

Move a task

Click and drag any bar horizontally. The dates shift. If the task has dependencies, downstream tasks cascade automatically.

Resize a task

Hover over the left or right edge of a bar — the cursor changes to a resize arrow. Drag to change the start or end date.

Set exact dates — the calendar picker

Double-click a bar (or use the context menu) to open the date picker. It has two views: Month for day-precise clicking, and Year — a rolling 12-month overview that shows your whole period as one band, with a draggable ball at each end (each carrying its exact date). Drag the balls across the days to adjust start and end; weekends are shaded, and dragging past the top or bottom edge rolls the window across year boundaries. Bars spanning more than one month open in the Year view automatically.

Resize the left columns

Every column boundary in the left panel is draggable — Activity, Owner, Progress, and Status, including the edge between Status and the timeline. Hover a boundary until the cursor becomes ↔, then drag; the line tints green while you drag. Widths are saved with the chart.

Edit labels

Double-click any text in the left panel — activity name, owner, or status — to edit it inline. Press Enter to save, Escape to cancel.

Zoom & scroll

Zoom applies only when the cursor is over the timeline area. When the cursor is over the left pane (Activity, Owner, Status, Progress), the scroll wheel scrolls the page normally — so you can browse long task lists without accidentally zooming.

ActionHow
Zoom inCursor over timeline, scroll wheel up (or pinch-out on touch)
Zoom outCursor over timeline, scroll wheel down (or pinch-in on touch)
Scroll task list verticallyCursor over the left pane, scroll wheel
Pan left/rightDrag the scale header row, or use the horizontal scrollbar when zoomed
Extend the timelineGrab the LEFT or RIGHT edge of the scale header (cursor becomes ↔) and drag — start/end date moves with you. A live +Nd pill shows the delta.
Reset zoomClick the "Reset" button in the zoom indicator
Add / remove columnsRight-click the column header row and toggle Owner / Progress / Status / Start / End / Days — or add up to 3 custom free-text columns (e.g. Budget, Workstream)
Add / remove scale levelsRight-click the timeline scale header and add or remove Year / Quarter / Month / Week / Day rows
Context menu (mobile)Long-press on a task bar for 0.5 seconds
Ctrl + ZUndo
Ctrl + Shift + ZRedo
Ctrl + YRedo (alternative)
EExpand all phases
CCollapse all phases
?Show keyboard shortcut legend

Paste from Excel

Copy tab-separated data from Excel or Google Sheets (columns: Task Name, Start Date, End Date, Responsible). Paste into the chart with Ctrl+V — tasks appear instantly with dates and owners assigned to the first group.

Date labels on bars

Right-click any task bar and choose "Show Dates" to display start date, end date, both, or duration directly on the bar. Options: Start, End, Both, Duration, None.

Sub-tasks (indent levels)

Right-click a task and choose "Indent (make sub-task)" to nest it under the task above — the parent becomes drillable, so the ▶/▼ toggle expands or collapses its children, and sub-tasks are indented in the left column. "Outdent to top-level" moves a child back out.

If a dependency arrow connected the task to the phase it is moving into, indenting asks you to confirm before removing it: a phase bar already spans its sub-tasks, so a link between the two would point at itself.

Row highlight & RAG status

Right-click a bar → "Highlight Row" to tint a whole row (Yellow / Red / Green / Blue) — handy for flagging the row everyone should look at. Right-click → "RAG Status" (None / Green / Amber / Red) puts a health dot on the row; turn the dots on globally with Properties → "RAG status dots".

Send feedback from the editor

The "💬 Feedback" button in the editor toolbar opens a box to send us a note (bug, idea, or question) — tick "reply to me" if you'd like an answer. It reaches the founder directly.

Import from Excel, Jira & MS Project

Bring your existing plan in — nothing gets retyped, nothing gets uploaded

The Import wizard turns an existing plan into a chart in seconds. It runs 100% in your browser — your file is parsed locally and never uploaded to a server. Available on every plan, including Free.

Two ways in

  1. 1Click "Import" in the editor toolbar
  2. 2Either drop a file (.xlsx, .csv, .tsv, or MS Project XML) — or paste rows straight from Excel, Google Sheets, or a Jira board
  3. 3Check the auto-mapped columns in the preview (task, start, end, owner — English and German headers are recognized)
  4. 4Fix any mapping with the dropdowns, then click Import

Imported rows merge into the current chart: existing groups are reused, and the timeline extends automatically if your plan reaches further than the chart.

SourceWhat comes across
Excel / CSV / TSVTasks, dates, owners, groups
Paste from JiraIssue summaries, dates, assignees (column headers auto-detected)
MS Project XMLTasks, finish-to-start dependencies, summary rows as groups, resources
Tip: Date formats are detected automatically: ISO (2026-08-21), German (21.08.2026), US (8/21/2026), and month names all work.

Dependencies

Link tasks with drag-and-drop arrow connections

Dependencies are the arrows between tasks. When you move task A, task B shifts automatically. This is the "auto-reflow" engine — the core of GANTT360°.

Create a dependency

  1. 1Hover over any task bar
  2. 2A small green circle appears on the right edge
  3. 3Click and drag that circle toward another bar
  4. 4A dashed line follows your cursor
  5. 5Release on the target bar — the dependency is created
  6. 6An elbow arrow now connects the two tasks
Tip: The dependency is always end → start: the source task's end date connects to the target task's start date.

Delete a dependency

  1. 1Right-click on the arrow line (it has a wide invisible hit area — easy to click)
  2. 2Select "Delete Dependency"

How cascading works

PatternBehavior
A → B (simple)Moving A's end shifts B's start by the same delta
A → B → C (chain)Moving A cascades through B to C
A → B, A → C (fan-out)Moving A shifts both B and C
A → C, B → C (fan-in)C.start = max(A.end, B.end) — latest wins
Important: Dependencies cascade in real-time during drag — you'll see all affected bars shift as you move the source bar.

Drillable Phases

One chart for executives AND delivery teams

"The feature no other Gantt tool offers. One chart serves both the Steering Committee (collapsed overview) and the Delivery Team (expanded detail)."

How it works

Groups (phases) and drillable tasks show a ▶ or ▼ arrow in the left panel:

StateWhat you seeWhen to use
▶ CollapsedSummary bar spanning min→max dates of children, weighted progressExecutive overview
▼ ExpandedAll child tasks visible with their own barsDelivery team detail

Expand / collapse

  1. 1Click the ▶ arrow next to any phase name → expands
  2. 2Click the ▼ arrow → collapses back to summary bar
  3. 3Use the toolbar's expand/collapse toggle — one button that flips based on current state
  4. 4Keyboard: press E to expand all, C to collapse all

Summary bar calculation

When collapsed, the summary bar automatically shows:

  1. 1Start = earliest child task start date
  2. 2End = latest child task end date
  3. 3Progress = duration-weighted average of all children
Tip: Dependencies to tasks inside a collapsed phase automatically re-route to the summary bar edges. Expand again — they snap back to the real tasks.

Swimlane View

Group rows by owner instead of phase

The toolbar has a [Phase | Owner] toggle. Switch to Owner and the chart re-groups rows by the Responsible field — one lane per person. Same data, different angle: instead of 'what phase is this in?' you see 'who is doing what, when?'

When to use it

  1. 1Before a 1:1 — filter to one person's lane to talk through their work
  2. 2Spot overload — if Anna's bars all overlap in May, that's a resource conflict
  3. 3Answer the classic SteerCo question 'who owns what?' instantly

Sort options

In Owner mode a sort dropdown appears next to the toggle:

SortWhat it does
Name (A–Z)Alphabetical, Unassigned last
WorkloadMost tasks first — find your busiest person
Earliest startWhoever starts soonest goes on top
Tip: Owner collapse works like phase collapse — click a lane's ▶ to aggregate all that person's bars into one summary bar. Expand/Collapse All in the toolbar respects whichever view you're in.

Workload heatmap

Toggle Properties → 'Show resource heatmap' with the chart in Owner mode. A thin colored strip appears along the bottom edge of each owner lane showing that person's weekly concurrent-task count:

ColorConcurrent tasks that week
transparent0 — free
green1 — on a single thing
amber2 — double-booked
red3+ — overloaded
Tip: Hover any colored cell for a tooltip with the exact count. The heatmap only renders in Owner mode — in Phase mode you get the legacy single strip below the chart.

Baseline vs. Actual

Show plan drift as ghost bars under every task · Pro

Baselines freeze the original plan so you can see how reality diverged. When you set a baseline, each task remembers its planned dates — and the chart renders a gray dashed ghost bar above every live bar showing where the plan originally had it.

Setting a baseline

  1. 1Click the 'Baseline' button in the toolbar — it snapshots every task's current dates as the baseline (a Pro feature)
  2. 2Ghost bars appear above the live bars — the comparison clock is now ticking
  3. 3Optional: turn 'Show baselines' on/off in the Properties panel to hide or reveal the ghosts

Reading the ghost

What you seeMeaning
Gray dashed bar above the live barThe original plan
Red slip line between ghost-end and live-endHow many days the task slipped
Ghosts align with live barsOn plan
Tip: Reset a baseline after major replanning — right-click the task → 'Reset baseline to current dates'. The slip clock restarts from today.

Undo an accidental baseline

  1. 1Immediately after: Ctrl+Z (or Cmd+Z on Mac) undoes the baseline set like any other edit
  2. 2One task at a time: right-click → 'Clear baseline for this task'
  3. 3Project-wide: Properties panel → 'Clear all baselines' button (appears only when baselines exist)

Critical Path

Highlight the chain that determines your end date · Pro

The critical path is the longest chain of dependent tasks in your project. If any task on it slips, the whole project slips. GANTT360° computes and highlights it in red so execs instantly see which slips matter.

Turning it on

  1. 1Click the 'Critical' button in the toolbar (or toggle 'Highlight critical path' in the Properties panel)
  2. 2Critical tasks get a red outline, critical dependencies render red
Tip: Combine with baselines: a task that's both on the critical path AND slipping vs baseline is the one to bring to the SteerCo. Everything else is noise.

Stage Gates

Formal go/no-go decision points — G1, G2, G3 · the language of program reviews

Stage gates are formal decision points between phases — the G1/G2/G3 vocabulary of regulated industries and Cooper-style stage-gate methodology. Unlike a milestone, a gate carries an outcome and spans the whole chart as a vertical line.

  1. 1Click "Gate" in the bottom toolbar
  2. 2Set number (G1, G2, …), name (e.g. Business Case Review), and date
  3. 3Pick the outcome: pending, passed, conditional, or failed — it drives the color
  4. 4Optionally list the deliverables the gate signs off on
OutcomeRendering
pendingGrey label — decision ahead
passedGreen label — approved
conditionalAmber label — approved with conditions
failedRed label — not approved
Tip: Toggle gate lines on/off per chart in Settings → show stage gates. Gates export to PowerPoint like everything else.

Bar Styles & Progress

Customize how each task looks

Change bar style

  1. 1Right-click any task bar → Bar Style
  2. 2Choose: Solid, Dashed, Process Arrow, Agile / Hybrid (hatched), or Milestone Diamond
StyleUse case
SolidActive, in-progress work
DashedPlanned, tentative, or support phases
Process ArrowChevron/pentagon shape for process steps
Agile / HybridHatched fill for iterative / continuous work streams
Milestone DiamondCollapse the bar to a diamond on its start date

Change color

Right-click a bar → Color and pick from 7 theme swatches (Primary, Secondary, Accent 1–3, plus Red and Yellow). Colors follow your project theme, so nothing goes off-brand by accident.

Set progress

Right-click a bar → Progress: 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100% — or "Custom %…" for anything in between. The progress column shows a mini bar + percentage.

Sign-off checkbox

  1. 1Right-click a bar → "Add Sign-off ✓"
  2. 2An unchecked box appears next to the task
  3. 3Click the checkbox to mark the task as signed off
  4. 4Use this after formal sign-off — it's a manual confirmation, deliberately separate from progress % ("90% done" and "approved" are not the same claim)

The seals get their own column headed "Sign-off" at the right edge of the left-hand block, so they never sit on a Status or Days value. The column appears as soon as one task carries a sign-off. Note: sign-off seals are an on-screen and share-link marker — they are not drawn into the PowerPoint export.

Milestones

Mark key dates with diamond, triangle, circle, or X shapes

Add a milestone

  1. 1Click "Key Date" in the bottom toolbar (the diamond icon), or
  2. 2Right-click empty timeline → "Add Milestone here"

Milestones appear as diamond shapes by default. They can be placed on their own row (standalone) or on an existing task row.

Milestone shapes

The chart_spec supports 4 shapes: diamond ◆, triangle ▲, circle ●, and X mark ✕. Right-click any milestone to switch shapes. All render in the SVG and export to .pptx.

Tip: Right-click a milestone → "Label Position" to move its label Right, Left, or Below — and edge milestones auto-flip inward so their label never clips off the chart.

Convert a task bar into a milestone

Right-click any task bar → Style → 'Milestone Diamond'. The bar collapses into a shape on its start date, but the row (with its owner, status, dependencies) stays. Right-click the resulting shape → Shape → pick Diamond / Triangle / Circle / X Mark — same vocabulary as a standalone milestone.

Phase Bands & Brackets

Annotate time ranges below the chart — shaded or line style

"Like think-cell's phase ranges. Mark workshops, sprints, code freezes, or any period — with a shaded column spanning the full chart height and a colored label below."

Add a Phase Band (shaded)

  1. 1Right-click on the empty timeline area
  2. 2Select "Add Phase Band (shaded)"
  3. 3Enter a label — e.g., "Offsite Workshop" or "Code Freeze"
  4. 4A subtle shaded column appears across the chart height
  5. 5A colored pill label appears below the chart

Add a Bracket (line)

  1. 1Right-click on the empty timeline area
  2. 2Select "Add Bracket (line)"
  3. 3A line bracket (⌐─┬─┐) appears below the chart with a label
  4. 4Good for labeling time spans without visual shading

Switch between styles

Right-click any existing bracket or band → "Switch to Phase Band" or "Switch to Bracket". The dates and label are preserved — only the visual style changes.

Delete

Right-click any bracket or band → "Delete". Confirmation required.

Tip: Phase Bands are perfect for: Offsite Workshops, Sprint periods, Holiday windows, Code Freezes, UAT cycles, Hypercare phases. The shaded column makes them instantly visible.
StyleVisualBest for
Phase BandShaded column + colored pill labelWorkshops, sprints, holidays, freezes
BracketLine with end caps + center tick + labelTime span annotations, phase durations

Holiday Shades

Mark non-working periods with shaded columns

Weekend shading is automatic (grey stripes every Saturday/Sunday). For custom non-working periods — holidays, company shutdowns, vacation — you can add custom shades.

Add a holiday shade

  1. 1Right-click on the empty timeline area
  2. 2Select "Add Holiday / Shade"
  3. 3Enter a label — e.g., "Summer Holiday" or "Christmas Break"
  4. 4A shaded column appears with an italic label at the top

Delete a shade

Right-click the shaded area → "Delete shade". The shade is removed instantly.

Tip: Holiday shades help stakeholders understand why certain periods have no progress — the visual makes it obvious that the team is on break, not blocked.

Weekend shading

Weekend columns are shaded automatically based on the Work Week setting in Properties. Set to 5-day (Mon–Fri) for grey weekend stripes, or 7-day to remove them.

Public holidays by country

In the Properties panel, open the "Public Holidays" section and pick a country — GANTT360° shades that country's national holidays across the chart automatically, so nobody asks why week 33 stalled. Combine it with custom shades for company-specific shutdowns.

Themes & Branding

Match your corporate colors in 13 slots

Edit theme colors

  1. 1Click "Theme" in the toolbar
  2. 2The right panel shows 13 color slots
  3. 3Click any color swatch → pick from the color picker or type a hex value
  4. 4Changes apply live to the chart
  5. 5Theme auto-saves to your project (2s debounce)

Upload a .pptx / .thmx theme

  1. 1In the Theme panel, click "Upload .pptx / .thmx"
  2. 2Select your PowerPoint file or Office theme file
  3. 3Colors are extracted from the Office XML color scheme
  4. 4They merge with your current theme — all 13 slots update
Tip: Ask your brand team for the company .pptx template — upload it once, and every chart matches your corporate identity.

Exports

.pptx, .pdf, .png, clipboard, and drill-down decks

Export dropdown

Click "Export ▾" in the toolbar. Options:

FormatWhat you get
Download .pptxGrouped PowerPoint shapes — editable in PPT (move bars, change text, recolor)
Download .pdfA4 landscape PDF of the current view
Download .png2x retina PNG image
Copy as PNGCopies the chart to your clipboard — paste into Slack, email, docs
Drill-Down DeckMulti-slide .pptx: Slide 1 = all collapsed, then one slide per expanded group

"The .pptx export produces real PowerPoint shapes — not a screenshot. Your SteerCo audience can edit the chart directly in PowerPoint after you send it."

Key differentiator
Important: The Drill-Down Deck is the killer feature for Steering Committee packs — it auto-generates overview + detail slides from one chart.

What each plan can export

PDF, PNG and Copy-as-PNG are available on every plan. PowerPoint (.pptx) is limited to 1 export per month on Free, then unlimited on Pro and Business. The editable Drill-Down Deck is a Business feature.

ExportFreeProBusiness
.pdf / .png / Copy PNG
Editable .pptx1 / monthunlimitedunlimited
Drill-Down Deck

Presentation Mode

Focus mode + laser pointer for the SteerCo room

Two presenter tools turn the editor into a projector-ready view — for the moment the chart goes on screen in front of the committee.

Focus mode (F)

Press F — or click the focus button in the toolbar — to strip away every bit of editor chrome so the chart itself fills the screen (it fullscreens the app, so the sidebar disappears too). Press F again or Escape to leave. It's deliberately not saved: you enter it for a moment, not for good.

Laser pointer (L)

Press L — or the laser button — for a PowerPoint-style glowing red dot that follows your cursor while the real cursor hides, so you can point at bars during the walkthrough. Clicking and drilling still work through it. Press L again or Escape to turn it off.

Tip: Both work together: enter Focus mode for the fullscreen view, switch the laser on to point. Escape backs out one step at a time — laser off first, then focus mode.
FFocus mode — fullscreen the chart (Esc exits)
LLaser pointer on/off (Esc turns it off)

Sharing & Embedding

Share live, interactive charts without login

Share links, embedding, password protection and weekly email reports require a Pro or Business plan. (The report reminder further down works on every plan.)

Create a share link

  1. 1Click "Share" in the toolbar (Pro or Business)
  2. 2Click "Create View Link"
  3. 3Copy the URL — send to anyone
  4. 4Viewers see a read-only chart with drill interactivity

Each view link shows a live open counter — "N opens · N this week · last <date>" — so you can tell it's actually being read. "Pin to current version" freezes the link on today's version (otherwise it always shows the latest); "Revoke All Links" disables every existing link at once.

Embed in Confluence / SharePoint / Notion

  1. 1In the Share panel, copy the Embed Code (iframe)
  2. 2Paste into your wiki's HTML/embed block
  3. 3The chart renders live inside your page

Password protection

On the Business plan you can set a password in the Share panel before creating the link — viewers then have to enter it to see the chart.

Link expiry

Set the link to expire after 7, 30, or 90 days from the dropdown in the Share panel.

Viewer downloads

Anyone viewing a shared chart can download it as PNG or PDF using the buttons in the top-right corner. No login required — viewers take a snapshot of the current drill state.

Tip: Downloads reflect the viewer's current drill state — if they've expanded a phase, the export includes that expanded view.

Weekly email reports

Add one or more recipients in the Weekly Email Report section of the Share panel (Pro or Business). Every Monday at 08:00 UTC, each confirmed recipient gets an HTML status email built from the chart's current version: slip badge, task counts, next 5 milestones, and a link back to the full chart.

  1. 1Open the Share panel
  2. 2Scroll to 'Weekly email report'
  3. 3Type a recipient email → click Add
  4. 4The recipient gets a one-time confirmation request and shows as 'awaiting confirmation' until they opt in (double opt-in)
  5. 5Once confirmed, the Monday 08:00 UTC send runs automatically; anyone who opts out shows as 'unsubscribed' and is skipped
Tip: Need it now, not Monday? Click '📧 Send preview to me' for an instant send to your own address, or the ↗ arrow next to any recipient to resend to that person on demand.

The exec status strip viewers see

A shared chart opens with a stakeholder-facing status header above the chart: one big schedule-relative % complete, tasks done, a countdown to the next key date, and an on-track / at-risk chip. It's the four signals a SteerCo actually reads — the editor's fuller six-KPI bar stays in the editor.

Report reminder (every plan)

The Share panel also has a Report reminder — a nudge to yourself so a chart never goes stale before a review. Set a cadence (weekly / biweekly / monthly), a next-review date, and how many days ahead you want the email. It's owner-only and available on every plan, Free included.

Image URL

The Share panel offers an "Image URL (for Slack, Email)" field. Note: today that link redirects to the live share page rather than serving a standalone auto-updating PNG — for a picture to drop into an email, use Export → Copy as PNG.

Offline viewing

Share links keep working without a connection: once a recipient has opened a chart, it is cached on their device and shows an "Available offline" chip. Perfect for presenting in meeting rooms with unreliable Wi-Fi.

AI Analysis

Claude analyzes your chart and delivers executive insights

AI Insights, What-If, the SteerCo Script Generator, the PM Advisor and Status Reports all live under the “✦ AI” dropdown in the toolbar, and are available on the Pro and Business plans.

Run AI analysis

  1. 1Open the "✦ AI" menu in the toolbar → "AI Insights"
  2. 2Click "Analyze Chart"
  3. 3Wait a few seconds while Claude processes your data
  4. 4Structured insights appear in the panel

What you get

SectionContent
Health badgeGreen / Amber / Red overall status
Executive Summary2-3 sentence project brief
Critical PathWhich tasks determine your end date
RisksSeverity-coded with actionable suggestions
Resource LoadTasks & days per person, overload alerts
Schedule InsightsGaps, overlaps, weekend conflicts
SteerCo Talking PointsCopy-to-clipboard bullet points
Weekly FocusWhat the team should work on this week
ForecastVelocity-based completion estimate
Tip: Use the "Copy" button at the top of the panel to copy the whole analysis — SteerCo Talking Points included — straight into your email or Slack update.

AI analysis is opt-in — your data is only sent when you click the button. Results are cached — refresh the page and your analysis is still there. Anthropic does not use API inputs for model training.

AI Chart Creation & Editing

Describe your project in plain English

The AI chat bar at the bottom of the editor lets you create and modify charts using natural language. No clicking, no dragging — just type what you want.

Create a chart from scratch

  1. 1Open a blank chart (or any existing chart)
  2. 2Type in the AI bar: "Create a 6-month SAP migration with Discovery, Build, UAT, and Cutover phases"
  3. 3Click "Apply" or press Enter
  4. 4AI generates the full chart with groups, tasks, milestones, and realistic dates

Edit an existing chart

You can also modify an existing chart with natural language:

  1. 1"Push Phase 2 back by 3 weeks"
  2. 2"Add a code freeze milestone 2 weeks before go-live"
  3. 3"Mark all tasks in Wave 1 as 80% complete"
  4. 4"Add fake responsible names to all tasks"
Tip: The AI sees your entire chart including all tasks, dates, dependencies, and progress. Be as specific as you want — it understands project management context.

What-If Scenario Analysis

Simulate schedule impacts before committing

The What-If panel lets you ask "what happens if..." questions and see the cascading impact on your timeline before making any changes.

How to use What-If

  1. 1Open the "✦ AI" menu in the toolbar → "What-If"
  2. 2Type a scenario: "What if UAT slips by 3 weeks?"
  3. 3Click "Simulate Scenario"
  4. 4Review the impact analysis: severity, affected tasks, cascading effects, risks
  5. 5The chart auto-previews the modified schedule
  6. 6Click "Apply Changes" to keep the changes, or "Discard" to revert

What the analysis shows

SectionWhat it tells you
SeverityLow / Medium / High / Critical impact level
End Date ChangeHow many days the project end date shifts
Affected TasksWhich tasks changed and how
Cascading EffectsDownstream consequences of the scenario
RisksNew risks created, with suggested mitigations
RecommendationWhat the PM should do about this scenario
Tip: You can close the What-If panel at any time — the preview will be discarded and your original chart restored.

SteerCo Script Generator

AI-written speaking notes for your presentation

The SteerCo Script panel generates a complete slide-by-slide speaking script matched to your drill-deck export. No more staring at slides wondering what to say.

Generate a script

  1. 1Open the "✦ AI" menu in the toolbar → "SteerCo Script"
  2. 2Click "Generate Script"
  3. 3AI creates an opening, per-slide speaking notes, transitions, closing, and anticipated questions

Export options

OptionWhat it does
Copy AllCopies the full script as formatted text to your clipboard
PPTX + NotesDownloads a drill-deck .pptx with speaker notes injected into each slide
Tip: The script references actual task names, dates, milestones, and responsible people from your chart. It's not generic — it's tailored to your project.

PM Advisor

Your AI project management coach — paste emails, drop files, get action plans

The PM Advisor is a conversational AI that reads your chart and responds as a senior project manager. It goes beyond what the chart shows — suggesting meetings, cadences, escalation paths, and communication strategies.

How to use it

  1. 1Open the "✦ AI" menu in the toolbar → "PM Advisor"
  2. 2Type a question or paste a stakeholder email
  3. 3Optionally attach files: screenshots, PDFs, text documents
  4. 4AI responds with chart-aware, actionable advice

What you can ask

InputWhat you get
Stakeholder email about a deadlineAction plan with owners + draft reply
"What should I focus on this week?"Prioritized task list based on your chart
Screenshot of a Jira boardGap analysis vs your Gantt timeline
SOW or scope document (PDF)Missing tasks and risk flags
"How do I prepare for go-live?"War room setup, daily cadence, rollback plan
Meeting minutesUpdated priorities and follow-up actions

File attachments

Click the paperclip icon or drag files onto the input. Supported: images (PNG, JPG — the AI reads screenshots), PDFs, text files, CSV, Markdown. Max 8000 characters per document.

Tip: The Advisor maintains conversation history during your session. Ask follow-up questions — it remembers context from earlier messages.
Tip: The Advisor reads between the lines of your chart. It identifies risks not shown as tasks (training gaps, vendor dependencies, change management) and suggests actions for the space between milestones.

Project Notes (AI memory)

The Advisor automatically extracts key facts from each conversation and saves them as Project Notes. On your next session — even days later — the AI remembers deadlines, decisions, risks, and action items.

CategoryExample
DeadlineCutover must complete by April 24
DecisionDecided to parallelize UAT and testing
RiskM. Chen availability is a concern
ActionSchedule war room by Friday
ContextStakeholder expects weekly status updates

Notes appear in the Project Notes section at the top of the Advisor panel, each tagged with a category glyph. Click ✓ to mark a note as resolved — it's removed from the AI's memory.

Tip: Only structured facts are saved — never raw emails, file contents, or full conversations. Your stakeholder communications stay private.

Status Reports

AI-generated weekly status reports with KPIs and trends

The Status Report panel generates a structured weekly status report from your chart data. One click produces an executive-ready update with KPIs, progress, risks, and next actions.

What it generates

SectionContent
Overall StatusGreen / Amber / Red badge
Executive Summary2-3 sentence overview
KPIsProgress, milestone countdown, tasks completed, at-risk count — with trend arrows
Completed This WeekTasks finished since last report
In ProgressActive tasks with owner, progress %, status
Next WeekUpcoming tasks and actions
Risks & IssuesSeverity + description + mitigation
Decisions NeededItems requiring executive input
Key DatesUpcoming milestones and deadlines

Export options

Copy — paste the full report as markdown into email or Slack. PDF — download a branded A4 document with status badge and formatted sections.

Progress Trend & Report History

How your status evolved over time — computed from version history

The trend chart

Open AI Insights and the panel starts with a TREND section — no AI call needed. It replays your chart's version history and draws actual progress against where the calendar expected you to be, plus how often your key date moved ("+14d · moved 2×").

Because every save creates an immutable version, the trend works retroactively: a chart with months of history shows its full trajectory the first time you open the panel.

Report history

Every AI report you generate — Insights, SteerCo Script, Status Report — is archived automatically. Each panel has a History section listing past runs with date and chart version; click one to reload it exactly as generated, and re-export its PDF.

Tip: That answers the SteerCo classic: "What did we report in week 32?" — open the Status Report history and load that week's entry.

Slide Themes

8 pre-built color schemes for your charts and exports

Click the Theme panel in the toolbar and choose from 8 pre-built color schemes. Each theme applies instantly to your chart and exports (.pptx, .pdf, .png).

ThemeStyle
Solventum GreenGANTT360 default — green tones
McKinsey BlueDeep navy + blue accents
Deloitte GreenDeloitte brand greens
Corporate NavyClassic boardroom blue
SAP GoldSAP brand blue + gold
Boardroom DarkDark background, warm accents
Warm EarthBrown/olive earth tones
Minimal MonoGrayscale, ultra-clean
Tip: You can also customize any theme by editing individual color slots below the presets, or upload a .pptx theme file to match your company brand.

Industry Playbooks

Milestone checklists that enrich your PM Advisor

When your chart matches a known industry pattern (SAP cutover, M&A integration), the PM Advisor automatically loads the relevant playbook — structured milestone checklists with known risks and best practices.

Available playbooks

PlaybookPhases
SAP S/4HANA CutoverPre-Cutover → Rehearsal → Go-Live → Hypercare
M&A First 100 DaysStabilize → Integrate → Optimize

Playbooks are matched automatically based on your chart title and group names. The PM Advisor references the playbook's checklist items and known risks when answering your questions — it enriches the Advisor's context, it is not a separate panel.

Tip: More playbooks coming: Construction FIDIC, Pharma Clinical Trial, Software Go-To-Market. Contact us at office@botforce.at to request an industry.

Education: Class Codes & Trainer Cohorts

Full access for your students during the course — no payment, no cards

For students

  1. 1Open the class link your trainer shared (gantt360.com/redeem?code=YOURCLASS)
  2. 2Sign up with your email — the code is applied automatically after signup
  3. 3You get full Pro or Business access (depending on the class code) for the duration of the course

When the class period ends, your account simply returns to the Free plan — your charts stay yours.

For trainers

Trainers see a My classes view listing every enrolled student and their charts — each submitted chart is one share-link click away. Deliberately not an LMS: no grading, no assignments, just the work.

Class codes are seat-limited and time-limited, and are issued per institution. A pilot class is free; after that, licensing is per class or per campus — contact office@botforce.at.

Tip: Ready-made teaching material exists: three exercise sheets (timeline → dependencies → SteerCo slide), a teacher guide, and a student cheat sheet.

Password Reset

Forgot your password? Here's how to reset it

  1. 1Go to the login page and click "Forgot password?"
  2. 2Enter your email address
  3. 3Check your email for a reset link
  4. 4Click the link and set a new password (minimum 8 characters)
  5. 5Log in with your new password
Tip: If you signed up with Google, you don't have a password — just click "Continue with Google" on the login page.

Settings, Plan & Billing

Manage your account, switch plans, or cancel — all in one place

Open the account menu (your avatar at the bottom of the sidebar) → "Settings & plan", or go straight to /settings. Everything about your account and subscription lives here.

Account

Your email, the date you joined, and how many charts you have (against your plan's limit) are shown at the top of the page.

Your plan

PlanPriceHighlights
Free€0Build & import charts, 1 PowerPoint export per month
Pro€12/mo or €119/yrUnlimited charts + editable .pptx, share links, all AI features
Business€24/mo or €229/yrEverything in Pro + password-protected links + the Drill-Down Deck

Yearly billing is two months free. See the full comparison on the pricing page.

Change or cancel your plan

  1. 1Open Settings → Plan & billing
  2. 2Pick a plan card (Pro or Business, monthly or yearly) to switch — the difference is prorated on your next invoice, and downgrades take effect immediately
  3. 3For payment method, invoices, or to cancel, click through to the secure Stripe customer portal
  4. 4A cancelled subscription keeps working until the end of the paid period, then drops to Free — your charts always stay yours
Tip: On a class code? Your access comes with the course — nothing to pay or manage. When it ends, the account simply returns to Free.

Emails

Report and reminder emails each carry a one-click unsubscribe link in the footer — that's the fastest way to manage them. Account emails (receipts, security) can't be switched off.

Version History

Every edit auto-saved, compare any two versions

GANTT360° saves a new version every 5 seconds of idle time after a change. Identical saves are deduplicated (no noise).

View version history

  1. 1Click "Versions" in the toolbar
  2. 2The panel shows all versions with timestamps
  3. 3Click "Restore" on any version to revert

Create a named snapshot

  1. 1Click "Snapshot" in the toolbar
  2. 2Enter a note (e.g., "Final numbers from finance")
  3. 3The version is saved immediately with your note

Compare versions

  1. 1Below the version list, find the Compare section
  2. 2Toggle between "Chart" (current chart) or "Project" (all charts)
  3. 3Select two versions from the dropdowns
  4. 4Click "Compare"
  5. 5Color-coded diff: green = added, orange = changed, red = removed
Important: Versions are immutable and append-only. Restoring a version creates a NEW version with the old data — nothing is ever deleted.

Since-last-version on the chart

Properties panel → 'Show change deltas' renders the diff directly on the bars (not just in a compare view):

VisualMeaning
+3d / −2d pill on right edge of barEnd-date moved N days since last version
Purple dashed ghost bar below the live barWhere the previous version had this task
Green NEW pill on left edgeTask was added since the last version
Tip: Pair with Baseline (plan vs. actual) for the full picture: baseline ghost above = original plan; version-diff ghost below = last-snapshot position; live bar = now.

Chart Settings

Configure title, scale, columns, and display settings

Open the Chart Settings panel

Click the gear icon in the toolbar (to the right of the Export button). The right panel shows all chart-level settings.

Available settings

SettingWhat it controls
Title / SubtitleText shown above the chart
Timeline Start / EndThe date range of the chart
Bar HeightXS, Small, Medium, or Large bars
Row StyleNone, Subtle, or Zebra row striping
Corner RadiusHow rounded the bar corners are (0–8px)
Work Week5-day (Mon–Fri) or 7-day
Fiscal Year StartMonth for FY labels (e.g., April → FY2027)
Owner columnShow/hide + custom header text
Status columnShow/hide + custom header text
Progress on barsShow/hide progress fill + progress column
Dependency arrowsShow/hide arrow connectors
Today lineShow/hide the vertical today marker
RAG status dotsShow/hide the per-row health dots
Resource heatmapOwner-mode workload strip (see Swimlane View)
Change deltasDraw since-last-version diffs on the bars (see Version History)
Font sizesLabel (8–16px) and scale (7–14px)
Tip: Two one-click presets sit at the top of the panel: "Exec view" strips the chart to the collapsed, boardroom-ready essentials, and "Delivery view" flips everything back on for the delivery team — each toggles about nine display settings at once.

Columns quick-toggle

The bottom toolbar has a "Columns" button to show or hide the Owner and Status columns without opening Properties — handy right before an export when you want a cleaner picture.

Decisions / blockers panel

Turn on "Decisions / blockers panel" in Properties to render a Decisions Needed callout on the chart — the open questions you want the SteerCo to rule on. Add and edit items by hand, or click "✦ Draft with AI" and Claude scans the plan (critical-path and slip aware) and proposes 2–5 decision items you can keep or trim.

Dark Mode

Switch between light and dark themes

Click your avatar at the bottom of the sidebar to open the account menu, then toggle Dark mode. The entire editor — chart, panels, toolbar, sidebar, and KPI bar — switches to a dark color scheme. Your preference is saved in your browser and applies across all charts.

Tip: Dark mode only affects the editor UI. Exports (PPTX, PDF, PNG) always use light backgrounds for print-readability.

KPI Dashboard

Six live metrics above every chart in the editor

The KPI bar appears automatically above the chart in the editor. (On a shared link, viewers instead see the Exec status strip — see Sharing — which distills these into four stakeholder signals.)

KPIHow it's calculatedColor logic
ProgressDuration-weighted average of all tasksGreen ≥75%, amber ≥40%, red <40%
DurationTimeline end - start in weeks
Next MilestoneDays until nearest future milestoneRed when ≤7 days
ResourcesCount of unique owner names
TasksCompleted / total (top-level only)
At RiskTasks past start date with 0% progressRed alert when >0
Tip: The "At Risk" box only appears when there are at-risk tasks — when everything's on track, it disappears. Clean.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Quick reference for power users

Ctrl + ZUndo last action
Ctrl + Shift + ZRedo
Ctrl + YRedo (alternative)
EExpand all phases
CCollapse all phases
FFocus mode — fullscreen the chart for presenting (Esc exits)
LLaser pointer on/off (Esc turns it off)
Scroll UpZoom in
Scroll DownZoom out
Double-clickEdit label / owner / status inline
Right-click barStyle, color, progress, sign-off checkbox, delete
Right-click empty areaAdd task, milestone, group, bracket, phase band, holiday shade
Right-click bracket/bandSwitch style or delete
Right-click shadeDelete shade
Right-click arrowDelete dependency
Drag bar bodyMove task (change dates)
Drag bar edgeResize duration
Drag green circleCreate dependency
Drag empty areaCreate new task bar
Drag scale headerPan timeline left/right
Drag grip (⠿)Reorder rows