Working with Related Activities

Use the Related Activities dialog box to view predecessor and successor activities and communicate with the activity owners.

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Table of Screen Highlights

Item

Description

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Predecessors: View progress on predecessor activities to determine if you can begin your activity on time.

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Progress indicator: Use the progress indicator to determine how much work has been done on an activity.

The color indicates the state of the activity and the shading represents the percent complete.

  • Gray - Not started
  • Green - In progress
  • Red - Overdue

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Dates for Predecessors:

  • Start By/Started and Finish By/Finished: Use these dates along with the progress indicator to determine when the predecessor activity will complete.
  • Start By: Use the milestone date to determine when the milestone is scheduled to begin.

Dates for Successors:

  • Start By/Started and Finish By/Finished: Use these dates to determine when a successor activity is scheduled to begin and end.
  • Finish By: Use the milestone date to determine when the milestone is scheduled to be complete.

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Resources: View the name of the people responsible for the activity. Send an email to the activity owner to communicate project status. For example, email the owner of a predecessor activity to request additional information on an activity, or notify an activity owner of a successor activity of a potential issue that could delay the start of their assigned activity. The email feature is only available if the activity owner has an email address assigned in P6.

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  • Successors: View the activities that have a dependency on you finishing your assigned activity.

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Milestone: The milestone milestone icon indicates this is a start milestone if it is under Predecessors and a finish milestone if it is under Successors.

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Last Published Thursday, May 2, 2024