Insights & examples

Notes on making plans make sense.

Practical tips, tutorials and examples for getting more out of your project schedules and the charts you build from them.

  1. August 9, 2026exportpngpresentations

    How to Export a Gantt Chart as a PNG That Doesn’t Look Terrible

    Screenshots of a timeline are blurry, cropped and stale the moment you take them. Here’s how to get a sharp PNG of a Gantt chart, when PNG is the wrong choice, and what resolution actually survives Slack, email and a projector.

  2. June 29, 2026aiportfolioproject-management

    What AI Actually Changes About Roadmap Planning

    The chart was never the work — the thinking is. A clear-eyed look at what AI genuinely changes for strategy and roadmap planning, and what it pointedly doesn’t.

  3. June 29, 2026ailive-updatesschedule-tracking

    Stop Hand-Editing Your Timeline — Just Ask

    When a plan moves, most of the work is mechanical: re-dragging bars, re-typing dates, re-aligning everything downstream. Here’s how editing a Gantt chart by asking changes that — without handing over control.

  4. June 29, 2026aigantt-chartexcel

    How to Turn a Spreadsheet Into a Gantt Chart With AI

    Drop in a messy spreadsheet, get a structured Gantt chart back. Here’s exactly how AI-assisted timeline building works — what it does well, what it doesn’t, and how to get a clean chart in one pass.

  5. May 23, 2026comparisonschedule-trackingproject-management

    How Project Plans Slip — And How to Catch It Early

    No project slips in one dramatic moment. It slips three days at a time, quietly, until the gap is two months and nobody can point to where it happened. Here’s how to see the drift you can’t feel.

  6. April 4, 2026stakeholderslive-updatesproject-management

    How to Share Live Gantt Chart Updates With Stakeholders

    Stakeholder timeline updates fail because they arrive stale, ugly, or out of context. Here’s what actually goes wrong — and a simpler way to keep everyone current.

  7. April 4, 2026comparisongantt-chartproject-management

    Gantt Chart Comparison: See Exactly What Changed

    Every project plan drifts. The question is whether you catch the drift or your stakeholders do. A practical look at why manual schedule comparison fails and what to do instead.

  8. February 21, 2026exportpowerpointpresentations

    Export Gantt Chart to PowerPoint in One Click — Free Tool

    Export your Gantt chart as a presentation-ready PowerPoint slide in one click. High-res chart, title, and timestamp included. No signup required.

  9. February 19, 2026exceltemplategantt-chart

    Free Simple Project Gantt Chart Template for Excel

    Download a free project Gantt chart Excel template with named ranges, conditional formatting, and automatic timeline bars. No macros required.

  10. February 13, 2026getting-startedexcelgantt-chart

    Getting Started with Gantt Charts from Excel Data

    Learn how to transform your Excel spreadsheet into a clear, interactive Gantt chart in under five minutes using Strategy Gantt.

  11. February 10, 2026comparisonproject-managementtutorial

    How to Compare Project Schedules Side by Side

    Use the schedule comparison feature to visualize differences between two versions of your project plan and track what changed.

  12. February 5, 2026exceldatesdata-import

    Handling Excel Date Formats in Gantt Charts

    A quick reference for dealing with different date formats when importing Excel data into Gantt chart tools.