Once we have a calendar of working hours, a set of established tasks and milestones, and a team of people with the tools they need to complete them, OmniPlan can optimize the efficiency of work that’s happening through a process called leveling. You can also draw dependencies right in the Gantt chart by clicking an arrow on the end of a selected task and dragging it to the beginning of the next. A Finish → Start dependency line appears between the tasks, starting from the task which comes first in the outline. Select two tasks which need to be connected, and click the Connection button in the toolbar. Start → Start dependencies indicate that when task A starts, task B can also start.įinish → Finish dependencies indicate that when task A finishes, task B can also finish.
Start → Finish dependencies indicate that when task A starts, task B can finish. There are four ways that dependencies can exist:įinish → Start dependencies are the most common type, indicating that when task A finishes, task B can start. Thankfully, the pieces are now in place to establish the ways that those tasks are dependent on the status of others. We can’t complete all of our tasks simultaneously! Even if we had the resources to do so, some parts of the project can’t happen until others are finished. Step 9: Connect Tasks with Dependency Lines We create a block of time that covers the 25th, and then replace that lost time with evening overtime hours through the rest of the week. We know we want to take Memorial Day off, but we can also predict that this week will be crunch mode for the team. To add extra hours, double-click and drag to create a blue box which represents available hours apart from the normal working hours. To quickly remove working time from the schedule, you can Shift-drag, creating a red box that marks normal working time as unavailable. Use the arrows bracketing the current month to navigate to May, then click on the week of Memorial Day (the 25th) to access the exceptions calendar for that week. We can add that to our schedule right now. One that we know is in the future for our project is the upcoming Memorial Day. Here you can change the work hours for a specific week, to account for exceptions such as holidays or overtime. Still in calendar view, choose Extra & Off Hours from the toggle below the resource list.
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Whether it’s a national holiday, a team-wide training seminar, an industry expo or conference, or just a patch of bad weather that keeps folks out of the office, setting exceptions to the regular work schedule can be key to keeping a project on track. New tasks appear below the currently selected item in the Gantt view, or at the bottom of the list if no tasks, milestones, or groups are selected.įor our project we’ll create several tasks beneath each milestone that they’re related to.Įven the most accommodating work week will occasionally have days that are out of the ordinary. When you’re done, if your milestone is not the last item, click the bullet to its left and drag it down to the bottom of the list.Įach task in the outline corresponds to a bar on the Gantt chart. If you still have a “Task 1” hanging around, you can just delete it or change its name. Select your first task and press the Return key once (or twice, depending on how your keyboard preferences are set) to create new tasks.
Tasks can be grouped together, and a task can be dependent on other tasks.įor now, just create some tasks and name them.
Each task has attributes such as start and end dates, a completion percentage, and resource assignments these show up in the various columns of the task outline, and in the Task Information and Task Scheduling inspectors.
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Create a task by clicking the plus button in the bottom bar, pressing return with a task selected, or choosing Add ▸ Task from the Structure menu.Ī task is anything that needs to get done in order for the project to move toward completion.