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by - delegate Jennifer [1 post] (2007 Feb 12 Mon, 15:18) Reply

What does start to start mean and finish to finish?

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by - trainer Jacob silver contributer [89 posts] (2007 Feb 15 Thu, 12:14) Reply

The most common link you have is finish to start, which means that the successor (S) task will only start once the predeccessor (P) task is finished.

So, a start to start is when both the (S) & (P) tasks start at the same time.

A finish to finish is when both the (S) & (P) tasks finish at the same time.

Jacob

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Project tip:

Keep constraining dates to a minimum

As far as possible avoid fixing the dates of your tasks. For example try to steer of clear dragging task bars in the Gantt chart to move them on the timeline or entering dates directly into the Start / Finish fields.

Date constraints such as these limit Microsoft Project's ability to automatically adjust your project whenever you add, remove or modify the duration of your tasks. Instead use the logic in your task dependencies that link your tasks to enable Project to calculate the start and finish dates for you.

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