{"id":5177,"date":"2023-02-27T02:24:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T02:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipm103\/?page_id=5177"},"modified":"2023-02-27T02:24:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T02:24:35","slug":"milestones-and-gantt-charts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipm103\/learning-pathways\/time\/milestones-and-gantt-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"Milestones and Gantt charts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\"><div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"media\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipm103\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_multimedia.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Video<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>In project management, it&#8217;s essential to keep track of what needs to be done. 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