Comments on: Project Management: Show Milestones in a Timeline [Part 3 of 6] http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/07/09/project-milestones-in-timeline/ Fresh Excel Tips, Tricks, Charts, Tutorials, Downloads, Dashboards and Visualization Showcase for your Inspiration and Productivity Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:52:38 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: A Brief History of Microsoft Excel – Timeline Visualization | Pointy Haired Dilbert: Charting & Excel Tips - Chandoo.org http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/07/09/project-milestones-in-timeline/#comment-90826 A Brief History of Microsoft Excel – Timeline Visualization | Pointy Haired Dilbert: Charting & Excel Tips - Chandoo.org Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:46:47 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=2208#comment-90826 [...] basic time line construction is similar to the one shown in project timeline chart [...] [...] basic time line construction is similar to the one shown in project timeline chart [...]

]]> By: schlossBlog » #314 VisualPM: Dashboards im PM http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/07/09/project-milestones-in-timeline/#comment-90423 schlossBlog » #314 VisualPM: Dashboards im PM Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:30:53 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=2208#comment-90423 [...] & tracking a project plan using Gantt Charts Part2: Team To Do Lists – Project Tracking Tools Part3: Project Status Reporting – Create a Timeline to display milestones Part4: Time sheets and Resource management Part5: Issue Trackers & Risk Management Part6: [...] [...] & tracking a project plan using Gantt Charts Part2: Team To Do Lists – Project Tracking Tools Part3: Project Status Reporting – Create a Timeline to display milestones Part4: Time sheets and Resource management Part5: Issue Trackers & Risk Management Part6: [...]

]]> By: Joe Fahim http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/07/09/project-milestones-in-timeline/#comment-87042 Joe Fahim Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:40:11 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=2208#comment-87042 this is very useful!! this is very useful!!

]]> By: Chandoo http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/07/09/project-milestones-in-timeline/#comment-86651 Chandoo Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:55:51 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=2208#comment-86651 @Dom.. thank you for sharing such a valuable trick... Vertically aligned texts are sometimes difficult to read. I generally avoid them for onscreen charts, print is ok I guess. (Also, it is kind of annoying that excel doesnt anti-alias properly when you vertically align texts). @Dom.. thank you for sharing such a valuable trick… Vertically aligned texts are sometimes difficult to read. I generally avoid them for onscreen charts, print is ok I guess. (Also, it is kind of annoying that excel doesnt anti-alias properly when you vertically align texts).

]]> By: Dom http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/07/09/project-milestones-in-timeline/#comment-86640 Dom Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:58:36 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=2208#comment-86640 I tried using this idea, and i have found a few ways to improve it and make it more user friendly to the viewer. First off, change the text direction so it reads vertically. Then keep all entries at the same height. Now make sure your entire period is their for me this was the november->december months, i filled the milestones in on the correct day(s). This prints well and is very easy to read. Just a thought :) To make it even easier to read you can use some nice formatting to highlight the weekends... have one cell with the start date and use this in each cell for the days in your timeline. =IF(OR(WEEKDAY($B$36+ROW()-(ROW($B$36)+2))=7;WEEKDAY($B$36+ROW()-(ROW($B$36)+2))=1);TEXT(+$B$36+ROW()-(ROW($B$36)+2);"ddd mmm-dd");TEXT(+$B$36+ROW()-(ROW($B$36)+2);"dd")) I tried using this idea, and i have found a few ways to improve it and make it more user friendly to the viewer. First off, change the text direction so it reads vertically. Then keep all entries at the same height. Now make sure your entire period is their for me this was the november->december months, i filled the milestones in on the correct day(s). This prints well and is very easy to read. Just a thought :)

To make it even easier to read you can use some nice formatting to highlight the weekends… have one cell with the start date and use this in each cell for the days in your timeline.

=IF(OR(WEEKDAY($B$36+ROW()-(ROW($B$36)+2))=7;WEEKDAY($B$36+ROW()-(ROW($B$36)+2))=1);TEXT(+$B$36+ROW()-(ROW($B$36)+2);”ddd mmm-dd”);TEXT(+$B$36+ROW()-(ROW($B$36)+2);”dd”))

]]> By: Project Management Dashboard, Project Status Report using Excel - Templates and Downloads | Pointy Haired Dilbert: Charting & Excel Tips - Chandoo.org http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/07/09/project-milestones-in-timeline/#comment-84379 Project Management Dashboard, Project Status Report using Excel - Templates and Downloads | Pointy Haired Dilbert: Charting & Excel Tips - Chandoo.org Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:49:02 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=2208#comment-84379 [...] & tracking a project plan using Gantt Charts Team To Do Lists – Project Tracking Tools Project Status Reporting – Create a Timeline to display milestones Time sheets and Resource management Issue Trackers & Risk Management Part 6: Project Status [...] [...] & tracking a project plan using Gantt Charts Team To Do Lists – Project Tracking Tools Project Status Reporting – Create a Timeline to display milestones Time sheets and Resource management Issue Trackers & Risk Management Part 6: Project Status [...]

]]> By: Chandoo http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/07/09/project-milestones-in-timeline/#comment-82113 Chandoo Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:29:48 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=2208#comment-82113 @Richard.. sorry for such a late reply. I havent noticed your comment till now. You can change the horizontal axis major-tick-marks from 1 month to say 2 weeks or 15 days. Or if you prefer having arbitrary time points, make a helper series and use data labels. Align the labels to the bottom and remove axis labels. If you are familiar with chart formatting, then this should be cake walk. @Richard.. sorry for such a late reply. I havent noticed your comment till now. You can change the horizontal axis major-tick-marks from 1 month to say 2 weeks or 15 days. Or if you prefer having arbitrary time points, make a helper series and use data labels. Align the labels to the bottom and remove axis labels. If you are familiar with chart formatting, then this should be cake walk.

]]> By: Issue Trackers, Risk Management using Excel - Project Management Tools [Part 5 of 6] | Pointy Haired Dilbert: Charting & Excel Tips - Chandoo.org http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/07/09/project-milestones-in-timeline/#comment-82105 Issue Trackers, Risk Management using Excel - Project Management Tools [Part 5 of 6] | Pointy Haired Dilbert: Charting & Excel Tips - Chandoo.org Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:13:14 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=2208#comment-82105 [...] & tracking a project plan using Gantt Charts Team To Do Lists – Project Tracking Tools Project Status Reporting – Create a Timeline to display milestones Time sheets and Resource management Part 5: Issue Trackers & Risk Management Project Status [...] [...] & tracking a project plan using Gantt Charts Team To Do Lists – Project Tracking Tools Project Status Reporting – Create a Timeline to display milestones Time sheets and Resource management Part 5: Issue Trackers & Risk Management Project Status [...]

]]> By: Richard http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/07/09/project-milestones-in-timeline/#comment-76999 Richard Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:34:57 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=2208#comment-76999 I could use some help on tweaking the graph to show more detail and multiple milestones within a month. I noticed the graph works because the horizontal date axis uses increments of one (e.g. time period = 1 month), but how to configure it to include a milestone on 1 Sep '09 and 15 Sep '09? Many thanks. I could use some help on tweaking the graph to show more detail and multiple milestones within a month. I noticed the graph works because the horizontal date axis uses increments of one (e.g. time period = 1 month), but how to configure it to include a milestone on 1 Sep ‘09 and 15 Sep ‘09? Many thanks.

]]> By: Excel Timesheet Templates, Resource Management Templates - Project Management using Excel Spreadsheets | Pointy Haired Dilbert: Charting & Excel Tips - Chandoo.org http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/07/09/project-milestones-in-timeline/#comment-72552 Excel Timesheet Templates, Resource Management Templates - Project Management using Excel Spreadsheets | Pointy Haired Dilbert: Charting & Excel Tips - Chandoo.org Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:02:02 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=2208#comment-72552 [...] & tracking a project plan using Gantt Charts Team To Do Lists - Project Tracking Tools Project Status Reporting - Create a Timeline to display milestones Part 4: Time sheets and Resource management Part 5: Tracking issues and risks [upcoming] Part 6: [...] [...] & tracking a project plan using Gantt Charts Team To Do Lists – Project Tracking Tools Project Status Reporting – Create a Timeline to display milestones Part 4: Time sheets and Resource management Part 5: Tracking issues and risks [upcoming] Part 6: [...]

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