Birds on a Wire - a summary chart showing key dates
for one or more projects
Use any search engine to look for "Birds on
a Wire" and you won't find too much about
project management. Rather, you will find
listings by electric companies studying the
problem of birds on electrical wires, bird
watchers photographing birds sitting on
wires, people selling unique products
involving birds and wires and even
consultants who have named their companies
"Bird on the Wire Consulting".
As long as we have sold our Milestones
Professional software, however, we have had
inquiries from project managers looking for
easy ways to produce "Birds on a Wire"
project management charts.
Birds on
a Wire Chart: a one or two page
project management chart which displays
milestones which are key to the completion
of one or more projects.
Example:
Milestones includes key features which
make development of these charts easy.
Up to 256
"birds" can be added to each "wire"
Many "bird"
and "wire" options available.
These types
of schedules are typically very crowded.
It's possible to place the birds on 3
different levels on every wire, making it
possible to generate schedules with
maximum detail.
