Task relationships and lags

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Task Relationships A 4 B 8 Finish to Start Task B cannot start until A is finished Example: “Painting walls” (Task B) can’t start until “Install Drywall” is complete (Task A)

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Task RelationshipsA

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B

8Finish to Start

Task B cannot start until A is finished

Example: “Painting walls” (Task B) can’t start until “Install Drywall” is complete (Task A)

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Task RelationshipsA

4 B

8Start to StartTask B cannot start until Task A is startedExample: "Level concrete" (Task B) can't

begin until "Pour foundation" (Task A) begins.

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Task RelationshipsA

4 B

8Finish to FinishTask B cannot finish until Task A is finishedExample: "Inspect electrical" (Task B) can't

finish until "Install electrical" finishes (Task A).

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Task RelationshipsA

4

B

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Start to FinishTask B cannot finish until Task A is started

Example: Your garden plants must be wet when the fertilizer is applied. We need to start “water the garden” (Task B) first to get the plants wet. Task B must continue and can only finish when the “Fertilizing” starts (Task A).

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Task Relationships + Lags

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Task B cannot start until Task A is finishedExample: “Painting walls” (Task B) can’t start until 4 days after “Install Drywall” is complete

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8Start to StartTask B can start 2 days after Task A is startedExample: "Install Furniture" (Task B) can begin 2 days after "Install Carpet" (Task A) begins.

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