- Choose Project, Activities.
- Select the activity whose activity type you want to define.
- Display Activity Details, then click the General tab.
- Select an activity type:
To indicate that the activity's resources are scheduled according to the activity calendar, select Task Dependent.
To indicate that each of the activity's resources are scheduled according to his/her own calendar, select Resource Dependent.
To indicate that the activity's duration is dependent on its predecessor and/or successor activities, select Level of Effort.
To indicate that the activity marks the beginning of a major stage in the project, select Start Milestone.
To indicate that the activity marks the end of a major stage in the project, select Finish Milestone.
To indicate that the activity's duration is dependent on the activities assigned to the same WBS level, select WBS Summary.
Notes
- You cannot apply constraints to Level of Effort and WBS Summary activities.
- Start and Finish Milestones do not have time-based costs, resource assignments, or durations.
- You cannot assign resources that drive activity dates to WBS summary activities.
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