My Preferences (For Dependencies and Hourly Estimation)

TeamGantt enables you to control how certain tasks, dependencies, and hourly estimation actions are handled. Simply click the Menu drop-down within your project and select My Preferences to manage your preferences. 

Let's take a closer look at how each preference option works. 

Task Creation

This preference determines how TeamGantt handles the addition of new tasks to your gantt chart.

• Manually draw task bar: A task bar will not be automatically created. You will need to manually draw the task bar.
• Automatically add task bar below above task: A new taskbar will be automatically created below the above task.

• Please note: If hourly scheduling is enabled, all tasks are added without dates. To disable hourly scheduling, go to Menu > Project Settings > Enable Hours > No.

Dependencies

Customize how TeamGantt manages dependent tasks when you make changes to your schedule. These options help you control how dependent tasks are rescheduled, how lead and lag times are applied, and how existing task spacing is handled when creating or updating dependencies.

Remove float when dragging

When Remove float when dragging predecessor tasks is selected, this option eliminates any float between dependent tasks as the parent task is moved. This makes rescheduling a snap if you have a sequence of tasks that should occur right after another without any gap in between. 

For example, if a task finishes several days early, moving up its finish date will move the dependent tasks up so they can start sooner. And because they were rescheduled via the dependency, the people assigned to the dependent tasks will get notified and see the rescheduled tasks on their My Tasks page.

Apply lead/lag changes immediately on the chart

When Apply lead/lag changes immediately on the chart is selected, as lead/lag times are updated, the changes will be applied to your schedule in real time. 

Infer lead/lag from existing task spacing when creating a dependency

When Infer lead/lag from existing task spacing when creating a dependency is selected, the lead/lag time will be inferred and set from the current spacing of tasks on the chart. 

For example, if Task A ends 3 days before Task B begins, creating a dependency between them would infer a lag time of 3 days. 

Automatically fix invalid dependencies when task dates are edited

When Automatically fix invalid dependencies when task dates are edited is selected, downstream tasks will automatically be rescheduled to accommodate any changes that are impacted by schedule changes. 

Hourly scheduling

When estimated hours are enabled, this setting allows you to choose whether or not the total number of hours will increase when you extend the duration of a task. 

You have 3 options for this setting:

• Ask
• Automatically adjust total hours
• Leave total hours intact

Let's say you estimate 12 hours for a task with a 3-day duration. That breaks down to an estimated 4 hours per day. If you choose to adjust hours with the duration of the task and then extend the task's duration to 5 days, TeamGantt will add another 4-hour increment to each additional day. That brings the new total estimated hours to 20. 

For more information on hourly estimation, please visit here.

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