Dependencies and Constraints Project

Unit 5 – Dependencies and Constraints Project File
Update your Microsoft Project 2013 file (.mpp) to include dependencies, constraints, deadlines and calendars

Using the Microsoft Project file that you created for Assignment 4, create appropriate dependencies between your tasks.

During this exercise, you may identify additional tasks that you didn’t initially think of or you may decide to move things around a bit. That is perfectly acceptable and common when you start building the schedule. It is a living, breathing document and will change throughout the course of planning.

Use the Link button on the Task tab (or the predecessor and successor columns) to create dependencies between tasks. Double click the arrow between the tasks to change the dependency type. Add Lag or Lead (-Lag) time where appropriate.

Add any necessary constraints to your tasks. For any tasks that you have added a constraint to, please include a note explaining the constraint.

Chapters 5 and 6 of the Ambriz book includes a lot of information on linking tasks and adding constraints into Microsoft Project.

The sample file link is a Microsoft Project file that will give you an idea of what your completed file might look like.