Questions tagged [tasks]
Questions relating to the management of individual tasks in a project or within project management software.
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MS Project, Resource Availability, Task Usage work hours
I've been using other tools for awhile and have to jump back into MS Project.
I started a high level plan with tasks and resources, however, I'm having trouble remembering the specifics around Task ...
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Can I link or have formulas between task times?
Is it possible to use a formula to get information from "TASK A" as an input "work" in task B?
Example:
Task A is fixed duration of 2 weeks. I have assigned some resources and the total work they do ...
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task/workflow management best practice [closed]
I know this is not a specific question and I could rephrase it as such if necessary.
I am seeking recommendations on how to manage an individual (my own) task list or how best to create a work ...
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How to reconcile WIP limits with tasks done in parallel by one dev?
Let's say we have five Stories, A, B, C, D, and E. However, while D and E are clearly separate business requirements and should be tested/documented separately, the technical requirements are related/...
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Parallel task with single person poject in microsoft project
I am making plan for my personal project.I have deadline for top level task(Project Planning- 31 days). I have rough idea of how I can divide these 31 days among sub-tasks. For example, Problem ...
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Milestone behavior in MS Project
I am working in MS Project with a project someone else set up. This project contains 29 activities which are auto scheduled, has a minimum start date constraint on an activity, and two milestones. The ...
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Tasks during sprint planning
For the next sprint, Jira displays the total number of story points in the backlog, calling it "Estimate.". This number leaves out tasks, which are estimated in hours, not story points. This makes it ...
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Small Projects: Asking the right questions
I'm a data analyst. I get assigned small projects.
The projects usually take anywhere from 1 day to 2 weeks to complete.
An example would be: Create a system/query that will generate a list of roads ...
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MS Project: Sub-tasks causing unexpected 'Late Start'
I'm attempting to build a schedule and use MS Project to calculate dates and flow, based on constraints and task linking, but am unable to overcome an apparent issue with how the 'Late Start' is ...
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How can the Backlog Item's Effort field be auto calculated in Azure DevOps?
In Azure DevOps, under the Scrum template, is there a way to auto calculate the Backlog Item's "Effort" field based on the summation of its child Task items' "Remaining Work" field?
Example:
A new ...
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Microsoft Project 2019 - problem allocating resources to tasks outside their calendar working hours
We have a standard calendar work week. (Monday to Friday with weekends off)
Our resources have "standard" calendar - so scheduling as standard for them is a normal work week.
However, we have ...
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What is the difference between ABCD analysis and Eisenhower method?
According to Wikipedia, the ABCD analysis is:
Activities are ranked by these general criteria:
A ā Tasks that are perceived as being urgent and important,
B ā Tasks that are important but ...
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User Story breakdown - Technical Task + User Feature
My team is building a web application that has the following high-level user story:
As a user, I would like the ability to bulk exclude components from a
given country.
The work breaks down into ...
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Microsoft Project 2013 - Auto leveling according to Resource Availability
I am building a project plan on Microsoft Project 2013 and can't understand why it is not allocating a resource.
I have a task set as auto scheduled, fixed work, with a 7 day effort assigned to a ...
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How to arrive at a project plan for migrating a legacy web application to ReactJS based application
I need to come-up with a project plan for migrating a legacy web application to a ReactJS based application.
The legacy web application is written in Vanilla JS, HTML, CSS and there are approximately ...
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Is it wrong to put all projects in one VSTS project and then create nested epics
I had been reading on structuring VSTS. The guideline on structure of projects isn't very clear.
Our scenario is that we have lots of projects and only a small team of 3 developers, 2 testers and 2 ...
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Task estimation for PMs who are not developers
While working Agile, how can a PM estimate a task when he/she is not a developer?
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How can I show short tasks (less than 8 hours) in a JIRA Gantt chart?
I recently installed a few apps (like BigPicture) which help you see the order of work of each programmer. The problem is that when I link some tasks with estimates less than one work day, the Gantt ...
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Ms project - Avoid task split up in minutes
I am trying to update my ms project plan with the following:
- replan al 0% and partly completed tasks from the new status date.
- Tasks can be split up
- Plan based on priority and available time for ...
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How to correctly define tasks in a user story? And can you split the tasks between sprints?
I'm fairly new to Scrum and I'm working with a group of colleagues on a project to learn more about it. Long story short our project is simply creating a website for tourists of our country where they ...
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MS Project - Summary Task split by leveling
I have a summary task, and have the 'Leveling Can Split' option set to No.
The four subtasks which are in sequence, also have LCS set to No.
In the Leveling options I also have 'Leveling can create ...
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EOT and LOT vs EET and LET
Are the Earliest Occurrence time and Latest occurrence time same as the Earliest Event time and Latest event time or are they different? If they are different can you please explain to me what are EOT ...
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How to deal with a team that fails to complete a task?
I had been in a situation where details about the task and the target to be followed have been explained to the team. However, in spite of multiple follow-ups, they fail to complete the defined tasks ...
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How to split or manage a PBI/User Story in multiple sprints for different task types
We're struggling to break Product Backlog Items (PBIs)/User Stories into Sprint-sized chunks as we have multiple steps that need to be completed in a linear fashion.
Each release goes through ...
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ProjectLibre: One person two tasks at the same time
I'm trying to schedule a few tasks in ProjectLibre and I'm also fairly new to PM
The problem
Suppose we have Person1, and he'scheduled on two tasks (100%):
Install device (duration=1hr)
Test ...
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MSProject show main resource on Summary tasks
How can I show the main (resource with maximum hours) for Summary tasks.
I suspect I would need to set a custom text field to show this, but how would I structure this?
thanks
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Can I break down a vertical story into horizontal tasks?
My team and I are implementing Scrum in our project. We are at the phase of dividing user stories into tasks to assign to each developer.
I understand the concept of Slicing the Cake where a user ...
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I want to create a summary task without indenting the subtasks
Is there a way to create a highlevel task that will summarize all the subordinate tasks without indenting the subtasks?
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How can you represent a task which only takes place at specific days on MS Project?
I want to represent a task which only takes place at specific days on MS Project: for example, on 01/01/2018 between 9:00 and 11:00, on 03/03/2018 between 10:00 and 12:00 and on 12/03/2018 between 11:...
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Finding a to-do app to track a particular set of daily tasks given to the team [closed]
We are a small team of developers. We have created a product in text messaging field. Now we have hired few guys for increasing seo of our product website. We have created a list of tasks (...
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Is creating a task to write many stories appropriate?
At my company, we often have meetings where we brainstorm / plan for next steps for our projects. After the meetings, I feel like I have a bunch of stories to write, and creating thorough and ...
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How to create a “smart” checklist in excel or google sheets?
We have a need to create a template checklist for our workflow and at a past job we had a template checklist that had various tabs for each process of the workshare that needed to be complete. For ...
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How should I control a programming project's progress?
We have a startup and it is our first experience. We want to create a mobile application and its website implementation.
We have 3 main parts:
Mobile application
Website application
A server that ...
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In Microsoft Project how to get change in resource max units to cascade to tasks automatically
I had already defined a bunch of tasks, and assigned resources 1 and 2. The durations of the tasks were calculated on the resources Max Units availability at the time of assignment. Later I went ...
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What are the benefits of queuing tasks as opposed to assigning them?
When something needs to be done, be it a new task or getting help with an existing one, a knee-jerk reaction I've often seen in the wild is finding a person to do it.
Here are some random examples of ...
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Is it possible to give accurate estimates and planning without tracking time for tasks?
I work within a small team of developers. We don't track our time so we have no data to work off when we give estimates. Basically, I'm wondering if it's possible to have a successful plan and give ...
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How to Kick off a Task with just 1 predecessor complete
So I have Task A,B,C,
Task B is based on CSF-5, (needs to have finish date 5 days prior to C date), but I want the task to kick off as soon as Task A is completed.
Is there a way to set that?
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Why are tasks split while updating plan?
I inserted the actual start for updating a task and then inserted the %comp and reschedule and resource leveling for the plan with ms project 2013. The problem is that the task has been split in ...
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Best practice to register additional tasks
I am relatively new to the Scrum way of working and was wondering what to do with small tasks. Besides the main User Stories, we always end up with additional requirements or small changes after the ...
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How to model extended period of 'searching for product' tasks in MS-Project?
We run a sale of second hand goods from clients. We would set a target say 200 items this season and start contacting people we know who have items they want to sell. We would spend about 2 months ...
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Vertical slices with split disciplines
We have a DevOps team which includes a BA, .NET developers and SAP developers. The .NET and SAP developers can and will only work on their particular discipline.
Some of our stories involve only .NET ...
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How do I group tasks in MS-Project?
This is my first ms-project. I want to plan the production and external operations of our plant.
Production of reference #1 is something that will likely happen every 4 to 6 weeks (every time I ...
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MS Project - how to set a task to finish before else start after a set period
I'm trying to set a task to either be wholly complete by 1st Dec, if not then start after 1st Jan (i.e. don't start at all if it can't be completed by 1st Dec). I don't want to split the task.
Is ...
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What level of detail should I include in epics?
I am writing user stories for a new project. One of my epics is:
As a company owner I want a graphical profile so I can build my visual identity.
And then there are multiple user stories linked to ...
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Scrum - What and when is the best process to task a user story card in this environment
We are organized around a Scrum process with 2 week sprints that utilize
Project -> Epics -> Features -> Stories -> Tasks
I am assigned to an Epic expected to take 3 developers for 6 weeks. The ...
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Various resource assignments for different portions of a task
Consider two tasks (Task 1 and Task 2), as well as two resources (Developer 1 and Developer 2). Task 1 and 2 respectively require 1 and 2 days from start to finish.
I want to make the following ...
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How should we deal with interdependent tasks in Scrum?
When talking about blockers on the Scrum board, I realized that we might have interdependent tasks. For example, database design is dependent on some activities in UX flow. Or maybe there is a later ...
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MS Project autoschedule - full days of work are bleeding into next day
I'm scheduling weeks of work in Microsoft Project (2013) wherein each task will normally take a full day of work/duration for a crew. I'm scheduling them for 10-hour days and the duration of the work ...
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How to visualize and manage task dependencies?
I often have the need to achieve a specified goal (e.g. deliver a piece of software functionality). At the start of the work I identify the goal and can list some tasks needed to bring about the ...
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Jira Sprint Structure for Software Team
As I see it, we have three levels:
Epic - Broad view of what would be nice to do. (Usually more then a Sprint)
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Story - More defined and structured view. (...
