Steve Maine has a post on using a Gantt Wall to manage projects: it's big, visible, lo-tech and easy to manipulate and change.  I think it's a great idea in line with the XP/Agile spirit of getting away from traditional, rational (time and motion) style project management tools in favour of simpler approaches that are more likely to work.

I think MS Project style Gantt charts are useful, but too often they form part of a projects Death March when they are never updated.  Initial estimates of features become prison sentences for developers since they become set-in-stone.  Weekly meetings are focussed on how far behind developers are from their original estimates.  The whole project becomes burdened with the fact that it's slipped, is late or behind.  This is where lo-tech idea's like the Gantt Wall are so useful.  As Darrel Norton says:

the visible wall-Gantt is more than just a Gantt chart, it builds morale, serves as a social focal point for the team, and allows the celebration of success on a daily basis.  Until we can digitize all that, the low-tech solution will continue to reign supreme.

My Favourite Project Anti-Pattern
All of this makes me think of my favourite project anti-pattern which is to simply avoid dealing with any problems on the project and force everyone to work as many hours as possible each week for the length of the project.  It doesn't make the project any more successful, but it certainly saves having to deal with anxiety that can come from admitting and dealing with the situation where the project is off the rails.  When it comes to the deadline for the project, the work may not be done, but the excuse is difficult to refute: 'could we have worked any harder?'.