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Linking Project Tasks

Dependency type definitions

These four dependency types can help you schedule your real-world situation.

The nature of the relationship between a predecessor task and a successor task determines the type of task dependency to use.

  • Predecessor    A task whose start or finish date determines the start or finish date of its successor task.
  • Successor    A task whose start or finish date is driven by its predecessor task.
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