Start-to-Start exampleMicrosoft project working daysMicrosoft project indent taskMicrosoft Project DurationMicrosoft Project group tasksMs project recurring taskMs project split taskMs Project predecessorUnderstanding Task Dependencies in Project Management
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The most common dependency relationship is a finish-to-start relationship. Task P (predecessor) must be finished before task S (successor) can start. The least ...
UnderstandingTaskDependenciesinProjectManagement
Dependenciesaretherelationshipsamongtaskswhichdeterminetheorderinwhichactivitiesneedtobeperformed.Therearefour(4)typesofdependencyrelationships.
Typesofdependencies
FinishtoStart
PredecessormustfinishbeforeSuccessorcanstart.[Landmustbepurchasedbeforeroadbuildingcanstart]
StarttoStart
PredecessormuststartbeforeSuccessorcanstart.[RoadexcavatingmuststartbeforeAsphaltcanbelaid]
FinishtoFinish
PredecessormustfinishbeforeSuccessorcanfinish.[LayingAsphaltmustbecompletebeforelinepaintingcanbecompleted]
StarttoFinish
PredecessormuststartbeforeSuccessorcanfinish.[Roadexcavatingmuststartbeforelinepaintingcanbecompleted]
Dependenciesaretherelationshipsoftheprecedingtaskstothesucceedingtasks.Tasksmayhavemultipleprecedingtasksandmultiplesucceedingtasks.Themostcommondependencyrelationshipisafinish-to-startrelationship.TaskP(predecessor)mustbefinishedbeforetaskS(successor)canstart.Theleastcommonrelationshipisthestart-to-finishrelationship.ProjectInsight,projectmanagementsoftware,supportsallfourdependencyrelationships.
ProductDevelopmentActivityList
ThechartaboveshowshowaProductDevelopmentActivityListmaylookaftertheprojectteamdeterminesthetaskrelationships.Inourexample,onlyfinish-to-startrelationshipswereused.
Itisalwayseasiertoarrangealltasksintermsofafinish-to-startrelationshipandan'assoonaspossible'constraint.Thisdependencytypeistheeasiestrelationshipforotherstounderstandandwillusuallyresultinalongerthannormalschedule.Thisgivestheschedulemore'slack.'Youmaythenutilizetheotherrelationshipsaswaystoshrinkthedurationoftheoverallschedule.Ifyouusefinish-to-startandassoonaspossible,youwillbeabletochangethescheduleinProjectInsight,projectmanagementsoftware,withjustacoupleofmouseclicks.
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