Task path highlighting in Gantt charts helps you understand relationships among tasks and identify which are most critical to the project’s success.
Visualized relationships
You can use baselines to help decision makers track and compare actual progress to the original project plan.
Intuitive baselines
Built-in multiple timelines let you visually represent complex schedules and understand all aspects of a project. Easily share timelines using familiar Office tools like PowerPoint.
Multiple timelines
Reduce inefficiencies with automated features. Auto-populate start and end dates based on dependencies, and find more efficient ways to build the schedule.
Smart automation
Project Standard offers familiar tools, like Gantt charts, to help you create schedules with ease and reduce training time.
Familiar charts
Use the Tell Me search bar—standard across most Office products—to quickly find useful features in Project so you can work more efficiently.
Intuitive search
Start your project on the right track using one of the many pre-built templates available in Project Standard and on Office.com.
Best-in-class templates
The Getting Started screen walks you through basic capabilities, like linking tasks and creating a timeline, to help you get up to speed fast.
Fast startup
Keep your projects organized and on track