Contents IT Business Management Previous Topic Next Topic Project task relationships and dependencies Subscribe Log in to subscribe to topics and get notified when content changes. ... SAVE AS PDF Selected Topic Topic & Subtopics All Topics in Contents Share Project task relationships and dependencies The Project Management application enables you a create parent-child relationships between tasks and dependencies, such as finish-to-start and finish-to-finish, between tasks. This table explains the types of task relationships and dependencies that you can create.Table 1. Project relationships and dependencies Concept Description Finish-to-start dependency A dependency that indicates that a task must not be started until its predecessor finishes. Start-to-start dependency A dependency that indicates that a successor task must not be started until the predecessor task has started. Start-to-finish dependency A dependency that indicates that a successor must not be finished until the predecessor task starts. Finish-to-finish dependency A dependency that indicates that a task must not be finished until another task finishes. Lag time A manually specified time break between predecessor and successor tasks. Parent task A project task with smaller tasks, referred to as child tasks, underneath it. Child tasks break down the work of a parent task into more manageable subsets. Certain fields for child tasks, such as planned end date, roll up and affect the same field in the parent task. Child task A project task that is a subset of a larger task. Child task start dates cannot occur before the start date of the parent task. Rollup task Another term for a parent task in the context of aggregating child task items, such as effort or resources, into a larger parent task calculation. All fields on rollup task forms are read-only. Roll down State changes roll down from the project to project tasks, and from parent tasks to child tasks. Note: Only one relationship can exist between two tasks. The Project Management application provides several properties that control how tasks are calculated and behave. See Project property for more information. Project task dependenciesA task dependency is created when one task is prevented from starting or finishing based on the state of another task. Parent-child task relationshipsIf a task is relatively large and requires several users with different skills to manage, break the task into subtasks and create parent-child relationships. A child task is a relatively smaller, manageable size of work. Parent-child rollup task calculationsDate changes, stage changes, and value calculations roll up from child tasks to parent tasks.Related tasksCreate a project taskCreate a milestoneAccept or reject project task notificationsRelated conceptsChange requests and project tasksProject task checklistsTask resources On this page Send Feedback Previous Topic Next Topic
Project task relationships and dependencies The Project Management application enables you a create parent-child relationships between tasks and dependencies, such as finish-to-start and finish-to-finish, between tasks. This table explains the types of task relationships and dependencies that you can create.Table 1. Project relationships and dependencies Concept Description Finish-to-start dependency A dependency that indicates that a task must not be started until its predecessor finishes. Start-to-start dependency A dependency that indicates that a successor task must not be started until the predecessor task has started. Start-to-finish dependency A dependency that indicates that a successor must not be finished until the predecessor task starts. Finish-to-finish dependency A dependency that indicates that a task must not be finished until another task finishes. Lag time A manually specified time break between predecessor and successor tasks. Parent task A project task with smaller tasks, referred to as child tasks, underneath it. Child tasks break down the work of a parent task into more manageable subsets. Certain fields for child tasks, such as planned end date, roll up and affect the same field in the parent task. Child task A project task that is a subset of a larger task. Child task start dates cannot occur before the start date of the parent task. Rollup task Another term for a parent task in the context of aggregating child task items, such as effort or resources, into a larger parent task calculation. All fields on rollup task forms are read-only. Roll down State changes roll down from the project to project tasks, and from parent tasks to child tasks. Note: Only one relationship can exist between two tasks. The Project Management application provides several properties that control how tasks are calculated and behave. See Project property for more information. Project task dependenciesA task dependency is created when one task is prevented from starting or finishing based on the state of another task. Parent-child task relationshipsIf a task is relatively large and requires several users with different skills to manage, break the task into subtasks and create parent-child relationships. A child task is a relatively smaller, manageable size of work. Parent-child rollup task calculationsDate changes, stage changes, and value calculations roll up from child tasks to parent tasks.Related tasksCreate a project taskCreate a milestoneAccept or reject project task notificationsRelated conceptsChange requests and project tasksProject task checklistsTask resources
Project task relationships and dependencies The Project Management application enables you a create parent-child relationships between tasks and dependencies, such as finish-to-start and finish-to-finish, between tasks. This table explains the types of task relationships and dependencies that you can create.Table 1. Project relationships and dependencies Concept Description Finish-to-start dependency A dependency that indicates that a task must not be started until its predecessor finishes. Start-to-start dependency A dependency that indicates that a successor task must not be started until the predecessor task has started. Start-to-finish dependency A dependency that indicates that a successor must not be finished until the predecessor task starts. Finish-to-finish dependency A dependency that indicates that a task must not be finished until another task finishes. Lag time A manually specified time break between predecessor and successor tasks. Parent task A project task with smaller tasks, referred to as child tasks, underneath it. Child tasks break down the work of a parent task into more manageable subsets. Certain fields for child tasks, such as planned end date, roll up and affect the same field in the parent task. Child task A project task that is a subset of a larger task. Child task start dates cannot occur before the start date of the parent task. Rollup task Another term for a parent task in the context of aggregating child task items, such as effort or resources, into a larger parent task calculation. All fields on rollup task forms are read-only. Roll down State changes roll down from the project to project tasks, and from parent tasks to child tasks. Note: Only one relationship can exist between two tasks. The Project Management application provides several properties that control how tasks are calculated and behave. See Project property for more information. Project task dependenciesA task dependency is created when one task is prevented from starting or finishing based on the state of another task. Parent-child task relationshipsIf a task is relatively large and requires several users with different skills to manage, break the task into subtasks and create parent-child relationships. A child task is a relatively smaller, manageable size of work. Parent-child rollup task calculationsDate changes, stage changes, and value calculations roll up from child tasks to parent tasks.Related tasksCreate a project taskCreate a milestoneAccept or reject project task notificationsRelated conceptsChange requests and project tasksProject task checklistsTask resources
