The following guide will help you get started working with your Gantt charts. For additional information on the topics discussed, see our Structure.Gantt User's Guide.
Tasks can be scheduled automatically by Structure.Gantt or manually.
In this mode, tasks are automatically placed on the Gantt timeline based on your project start date, task estimates, predecessors and dependency types.
Manual scheduling allows you to schedule items based on an the values in a Jira field and/or by dragging tasks across the timeline.
As you set the Start/Finish Date of a task, the task is considered to be scheduled manually. This means it will stay at the defined position regardless of its dependencies. If you remove the Start/Finish Date for a task, it will become automatically scheduled again.
For more information, see Scheduling Tasks.
The duration of tasks within the Gantt chart are calculated based on each task's work estimate, the Work Estimates Configuration and the calendar.
To adjust a task's duration:
For more information, see Adjusting Duration.
Dependencies are defined based on Issue Links. Changing dependencies creates or removes links between issues.
To create a dependency between two tasks, drag from one task to another. The type of dependency you create will depend on the sides of each task you use:
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To create a Finish to Start dependency:
To create other types of dependencies, use the Link button in the toolbar. To remove a dependency:
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For more information about working with and configuring dependencies, see Dependencies.
Structure.Gantt highlights any scheduling conflicts with a red line (see picture). For example, for finish to start dependencies, if a task is manually scheduled for a date earlier than its predecessor's Finish Date, Gantt will highlight this conflict.
To deal with the conflict, click the task and select one of the following actions:
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To deal with the conflict, click the task and select one of the following actions:
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Congratulations! You're ready to build your first Gantt chart!
If you run into questions or just want to get a deeper understanding of everything Structure.Gantt can do, check out our Structure.Gantt User's Guide.