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Creating Relationships Between Tasks<\/span><\/h2>\n

A network of tasks in a project must be connecting activities from the start to the end, to establish these relationship we need to use the field \u201cPredecessors\u201d of each task, where we can designate which activity will be preceding the one we are updating, in the example below we will indicate MS project that \u201cActivity 5\u201d can start once \u201cActivity 4\u201d is completed (Finish to Start relationship).<\/p>\n

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Activities<\/p><\/div>\n

Notice that by establishing the relationship now the Group 1 takes 2 days to be completed, because before, the activities were set to be performed in parallel, and now they are in series (Finish to Start relationship) Note: MS project will calculate dates based on the durations of the tasks, their relationships and the start date set for the project, however it is possible to change the starting date of a task (if necessary) By double clicking on a Task or milestone, and using the fields related to the dates (Start or Finish).<\/p>\n

Learn MS.Project 2016\u00a0 Fundamentals in Toronto, Mississauga, Scarborough, Ottawa, & Montreal<\/a><\/p>\n

Learn Advanced Techniques in MS.Project 2016\u00a0 in Toronto, Mississauga, Scarborough, Ottawa, & Montreal<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Assigning Resources to Tasks<\/span><\/h2>\n

You can use the Resource Sheet in Microsoft Project to create a list of the people, equipment, and material resources that make up your team and carry out the project tasks. Your resource list will consist of work resources or material resources. Work resources are people or equipment; material resources are consumable materials or supplies, such as concrete, wood, or nails.<\/p>\n

1.On the View menu, click Resource Sheet.
\n2. On the View menu, point to Table, and then click Entry.
\n3. In the Resource Name field, type a resource name.
\n4. You can go through the fields in the sheet, but for the simplicity of the example just focus on the name and initials of the Resource
\n5. Below is an example of some Human resources added to the Resource Sheet (We could add also other type of resources such as Equipments, Consumables, etc.)<\/p>\n

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Assigning Resources<\/p><\/div>\n

6. Once the resources are created, you can go back to the View menu, and click Gantt Chart to see again
\nthe tasks, and then when you double click a task you can add a resource to this task by using the tab
\n\u201cResources\u201d<\/p>\n

Note: The main goal of the resource assignment is to allocate properly the resources and to provide valuable information regarding the effort of the team.<\/p>\n

Find Critical Path<\/span><\/h2>\n