[Informatics] Predecessor, dependency question - Gantt charts

[Tony Crewe]

Thanks Mark,

Only significant in that I hate giving wrong advice to students.

Tony

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Subject: Re: [Informatics] Predecessor, dependency question - Gantt charts

I don't think it's a significant philosophical drama, but...

I'd say one task can only be dependent on another task. A milestone is not a task; it's a psychological event (it just happens with no resources or time allocation.)

So, I'd connect a dependent task to the task preceding the milestone - the one whose termination triggered the milestone.

Or not.

Mark

On 9 May 2017 at 11:37, Tony Crewe <TonyCrewe at caulfieldgs.vic.edu.au<mailto:TonyCrewe at caulfieldgs.vic.edu.au>> wrote:
Hi All,

I have told my student that dependencies should not be linked to milestones (no duration, but a key date),  but to tasks, and now I am second guessing myself.
Can a milestone have a dependent task? and can a milestone be a predecessor to another task. I think not.

Any consensus?

Tony Crewe
Caulfield Grammar School


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