Task Scheduling
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- Rashmi Likhite
A schedule in simple terms is a list of a project's tasks and milestones along with its intended dates and resources who will perform the tasks. Without a full and complete schedule, a project manager will be unable to communicate the big picture, in terms of cost, resources and time lines, necessary to deliver the project.
Creating and managing project schedules can often be an overwhelming exercise. Once you understand the basics of scheduling, you will be better able to work with your projects.
To allow project managers a good amount of flexibility with their schedules, Celoxis offers the following two ways:
Manual Scheduling: With manual scheduling, the dates entered by the project manager are never touched by Celoxis. They simply never change. This provides the project manager with even more control over the schedule. For more details click here.
Auto Scheduling: With auto scheduling, the project manager understands that there could be a number of external factors that can affect task dates and allows Celoxis to automatically perform scheduling calculations. For more details click here.
- The default scheduling mode of a task is remembered as a user preference across projects. To change this option, click on the gear icon
from the right and set the option "Mark new tasks I create as "Manually Scheduled" accordingly. - You can also change the schedule mode for multiple tasks in bulk from the Set Scheduling mode option available under More on the Interactive Gantt of your project.
Still confused as to which scheduling mode works best for you? Click here to see more examples.