Load Charts

• Modified Gantt chart.
• Instead of listing activities on the vertical axis, load charts list either entire departments or specific resources.
• Load charts schedule capacity by work areas for example Chart below shows a load chart for six production editors at the same publishing company. Each editor supervises the production and design of several books.
• By reviewing a load chart, the executive editor, who supervises the six production editors, can see who is free to take on a new book. If everyone is fully scheduled, the executive editor might decide not to accept any new projects, accept new projects and delay others, make the editors work overtime, or employ more production editors.
• As this exhibit shows, only Antonio and Maurice are completely scheduled for the next six months. The other editors have some unassigned time and might be able to accept new projects or be available to help other editors who get behind.