甘特图作图进化史与效能工具思考

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背景

Background

甘特图于20世纪初由美国工程师亨利·劳伦斯·甘特发明，灵感源于工业革命时期对生产效率的追求，以及科学管理理论的兴起，它体现了生产中的任务和时间两个核心关系，最初是为了帮助管理者更好地规划和监控生产进度而设计的。

Gantt charts were invented by American engineer Henry Laurence Gantt in the early 20th century. They were inspired by the pursuit of production efficiency during the Industrial Revolution and the rise of scientific management theories. Gantt charts reflect the core relationship between tasks and time in production. They were initially designed to help managers better plan and monitor production progress.

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甘特图作图进化史

The Evolution of Gantt Chart Creation

基于横向为时间、纵向为任务的简单结构，甘特图在20世纪初在看板上通过手工简单绘制，而后基于八九十年代问世的Excel来制图更便捷（至今仍有大量基于Excel绘制甘特图的新开发教程）；2003年甘特图工具GanttProject问世并被广泛应用；2024年企业微信智能表格上线并以视图的方式自动支持甘特图，用户的使用门槛、成本大幅降低。

Initially, Gantt charts were manually drawn on blackboards in the early 20th century, with a simple structure of tasks on the vertical axis and time on the horizontal axis. In the 1980s and 1990s, the advent of Excel made electronic creation more convenient, and even today, there are still many tutorials for creating Gantt charts using Excel. In 2003, the Gantt chart tool GanttProject was launched and widely adopted. In 2024, WeChat for Enterprise introduced its Smart Spreadsheet, which automatically supports Gantt charts through a view-based interface, significantly reducing the usage threshold and cost for users

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效能工具思考

Reflections on Productivity Tools

工具日新月异，但不变的是在一个平面上直观地展示任务、时间、进度这3个项目管理核心要素的信息结构。对于普通用户来说，工具的使用门槛会逐步降低，这种围绕某种特定工具的技能并非总是最佳实践，拥抱科技变化、积极去体验新工具是跟上时代的不二方式；而对于工具软件的供应商来说，用户体验与生态护城河是产品建设的重点，从企业微信围绕群聊办公打造的邮箱、在线文档、智能表格，到语雀集成的word、excel、流程图、思维导图等强大的编辑器的一站式服务，无不在改善用户体验、发展工具的生态。

While tools continue to evolve, the fundamental structure of displaying the three core project management elements—tasks, time, and progress—on a single plane remains unchanged. For average users, the barrier to using tools will gradually decrease. The skills associated with specific tools are not always best practices. Embracing technological changes and actively exploring new tools is a better way to keep pace with the times. For tool developers, user experience and ecosystem development are key. For example, WeChat for Enterprise has built an ecosystem around group chat-based office tools, including email, online documents, and smart spreadsheets. Similarly, Yuque integrates powerful editors for Word, Excel, flowcharts, and mind maps into a one-stop service, all aimed at enhancing the tool ecosystem.

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