Every tasks is defined by:
- Content
- Name – Name should be preferably unique withing the plan.
- Description – This text area allows more details to be captured for task executor.
- Document and Link – If any documentation exists, it can be linked here. No data can be saved to TaskControl directly.
- Criticality – This checkbox is an indicator that the task has significant position within the plan.
- Accountibility
- Executed by – A person or a team can be assigned to the task however only a person is able to start a task during execution so the team assignment is just temporary or for templates.
- Relations
- Parent TaskGroup – An optional group of Tasks in plan tree can be chosen.
- Prerequisites – All tasks that must be finished before this task can be started. If there are no prerequisites, the task will be ready for execution at the Expected start time only.
- Timing
- Start – Expected start that can be set by offset from plan start (mainly for templates) or by fixed timing (mainly for plans).
- Wait for start time – The checkbox changes default task behavior. With no check, finished prerequisites will trigger readiness of this task and ability to be started no matter the expected start time. If Waif for start time is checked, the task can never be started before Expected time.
- Duration – The expected duration of the task estimated is set here.
It is possible after changing prerequsites to use the Calculate button to update the expected start by predecessors. It is not always wanted by plan manager so automatic recalculation is not in place.
