Working with Related Activities

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

This illustration is a graphical representation of the text in the following table.

Table of Screen Highlights

Item	Description
	Predecessors: View progress on predecessor activities to determine if you can begin your activity on time.
	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
	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.
	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.
	Successors: View the activities that have a dependency on you finishing your assigned activity.
	Milestone: The milestone icon indicates this is a start milestone if it is under Predecessors and a finish milestone if it is under Successors.