Order in Which to Populate Schedule

[Karen]

For a FIXED WORK schedule, is there a best practice associated with the order
in which the schedule initially gets created? In other words, once my tasks
and sub-tasks are put into the schedule, should I then populate 1) resource
name, 2) predecessors, and 3) work? Or is there a better order to enter
those pieces of information?

Thanks,

Karen

 

[Gérard Ducouret]

Karen,
With Fixed Work tasks, you have to enter the Work before assigning the
resources. You can set the predecessors when you want, but I advise to
create these relationships after the WBS.
Gérard Ducouret

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Karen,

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For my money, the predecessors are the next priority so that you can check
all the logic without being encumbered/confused with resources. I would
then enter the Resources and the amount of Work for each assignment at the
same time, gradually working through each task.

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