| 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. |
