A project includes multiple tasks, which are activities that begin and end on defined dates.
You can create tasks using the following methods:
Note: This scenario does not explain all of the methods to create a task.
You can create the following types of project tasks:
A milestone task indicates a critical point in a project, such as the completion of the first phase of the execution.
Specifies a major event or activity in a project and it indicates the phase completion or major deliverables or any significant achievement of your project during the execution of the project.
In the project plan, any task with zero duration is a milestone. That is, the Start date and Finish dates are the same for milestone tasks. Once saved, the Start field on the task properties page is locked.
Specifies whether you want to identify a task as a key task. A key task is significant for other tasks. For example, the start date of other tasks can depend on the key task.
Example: If a task is one in which the completion is essential to the start date of other tasks, then mark this task as a key task.
Default: Selected
Specifies the fixed length of working time between the start and finish of a task. The duration for the task remains at the value you enter and the application recalculates the resource units as you change assignments.
Before building your work breakdown structure (WBS), plan the tasks and structure to help ensure effective use.
Note: For new projects, a new empty row (task) appears, by default, in the WBS. When you configure the Gantt view to not display all of the required fields, an initial blank task for projects without tasks does not appear. In addition, you cannot perform inline edits.
A summary task includes subtasks and summaries of those subtasks. For example, a project can have the creation of a new division as a summary task and the training of new staff as a subtask. Dependencies can be among, and outside, tasks in the projects.
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