If you have ever participated in Software Development Life Cycle or Project Management, you know how helpful Gantt charts can be. They allow you to easily illustrate the project schedule and sum up different stages and timeline of a project in a single view. Software like MS Project let you create Gantt charts but can be too time consuming and complex. Tom’s Planner is a web-based alternative that lets you create Gantt charts easily without requiring much effort or resources.

Tom’s Planner not only provides you a super easy Drag and Drop interface, but also gives you helpful instructions and tips to create an  efficient  Gantt chart. Use the right click of your mouse to add more periods or symbols to your chart or double click to edit any chart details. You can save your schedules, open existing ones, print them, export them as image or even export them to MS Project. The tool also has a number of templates that you can refer to as an example, or use as a starting point for your chart.

This is all good but the best part is collaboration. You can invite other users to work on your Gantt charts or simply embed your chart on a website or blog using an iframe. The tool keep tracks of which user modified the chart last and when. Over all, it is one of the must-have tools for any project.