Project Management Terminology - G

GANTT CHART   Particular type of bar chart showing planned activity against time. Note: 'Gantt Chart', although named for a particular type of bar chart, is in current usage as a name for bar charts in general.

(A Gantt chart is a time-phased graphic display of activity durations. Activities are listed with other tabular information on the left side with time intervals over the bars. Activity durations are shown in the form of horizontal bars.) 

GOAL   A one-sentence definition of specifically what will be accomplished, while incorporating an event signifying completion.