I never worked in the industry but for my senior design project, my teammates and I created a Gantt chart using Microsoft Project. This chart helped us organize our tasks all throughout the project time frame. We divided our tasks into four main categories: idea testing, product design, product development and product testing. Each one of these categories had subcategories of tasks that went into more detail as to what we would be doing during each phase and for how long we would be doing it in order to finish project on time. The software also allowed us to set a critical path for our project.