Project Management Graphics: Lessons from Edward Tufte

I recently checked an old discussion thread on project management graphics that I had participated in on Edward Tufte's forum. Suprisingly (or perhaps not), the thread is still going strong after four years! It must be the world's longest running discussion thread.

The premise of the thread was to find other ways of portraying project status and schedule beyond the Gantt chart. Edward Tufte, for those not familiar, is the world's leading guru on information presentation.

He was brought in by NASA after both the Challenger and Columbia disasters to analyze why the scientists weren't able to present the facts in an effective enough way to avert the disasters.

Tufte is listed as one of Amazon.com's top 100 nonfiction authors of all time.

For those interested in breaking new ground in project visuals, it's worth checking out. Feel free to participate.

Ask E.T.: Project Management Graphics (or Gantt Charts)