Layout Pattern

Gantt / Project Plan

Horizontal bar chart of tasks across a timeline. The canonical project-status slide.

TimelineScheduleProjects

How to Use It

Gantt slides summarize schedule at a glance. Rows are work streams or tasks, columns are time periods. Draw each task as a horizontal bar spanning its duration. Use color for status (on-track, at-risk, blocked). Mark today's date with a vertical line - it is the most important element on the slide. Keep it to 10-15 rows; detailed Gantts belong in a tool, not a slide. Add milestones as diamond markers between tasks.

Content Zones

HeadlineKey insight

EvidenceChart, metric, or table

OPF Config

layouts:gantt-project-plan

Open Presentation Format

{
  "$schema": "https://pptx.dev/schema/opf/v1",
  "version": "1.0",
  "meta": {
    "title": "PPTX.gallery — layouts/gantt-project-plan"
  },
  "design": {},
  "slides": [
    {
      "id": "gallery-preview-1",
      "layout": "gantt-project-plan",
      "elements": []
    }
  ]
}

Open in OPF Playground

Preview this config live at pptx.dev/playground.

View registry.json