A planning board is a planning tool that uses the Gantt chart as its m
ain representation mechanism. A planning board generator aims at facil
itating the development of planning boards; using a specification of t
he problem type for which a planning board is to be developed and the
desired representations and manipulations, the generator automatically
creates a prototype of the planning board. In this paper we discuss o
ur view of a planning board generator and introduce a method to specif
y problem instances and types.