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Click the Save Button to save any changes.

Tasks

Tasks appear in the bottom half of the Schedule Details page. The MIT Project Schedule Template displays 9 tasks.

• Design
  • Scoping
  • Procurement Services
  • SD
  • DD
  • CD
• Construction
• Commissioning and Turnover
• Occupancy

Do not remove any of these tasks. You may update the schedule by adding tasks.

Adding a Task

Click the Add Task button to add a task. The Add Task page appears.

Though other options are available you will likely add a task as a subset of one of the existing tasks in the MIT template. To do so choose the Add as a subtask of radio button and select the parent task.

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Other options include Master Task, Task Name, Type, Description, Draft, Milestone, Resource, Manager, Constraint Type, Constraint Date, Duration, Approval Required for Date Changes and Approval Required for % Complete Changes.

You will also be able to set Predecessors, Lag and Link Type

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Updating a Schedule

Click on the Pencil icon to update the schedule. The icon changes to a disc and an "X"  to allow users to save the change or to cancel the action.

It is good project management practice to save schedule Snapshots. Save a Snapshot by picking Save Snapshot from the Actions dropdown menu that is located next to the Update Schedule button. Use Snapshots throughout the life of your projects to compare the current schedule to prior Snapshots and/or to the Schedule Baseline.

Updating a Schedule

Click on the Pencil icon to update the schedule. The icon changes to a disc and an "X"  to allow users to save the change or to cancel the action.

It is good project management practice to save schedule Snapshots. Save a Snapshot by picking Save Snapshot from the Actions dropdown menu that is located next to the Update Schedule button. Use Snapshots throughout the life of your projects to compare the current schedule to prior Snapshots and/or to the Schedule Baseline.

Tasks

Tasks appear in the bottom half of the Schedule Details page. The MIT Project Schedule Template displays 9 tasks.

• Design
  • Scoping
  • Procurement Services
  • SD
  • DD
  • CD
• Construction
• Commissioning and Turnover
• Occupancy

Do not remove any of these tasks. You may update the schedule by adding tasks.

Adding a Task

Click the Add Task button to add a task. The Add Task page appears.

Though other options are available you will likely add a task as a subset of one of the existing tasks in the MIT template. To do so choose the Add as a subtask of radio button and select the parent task.

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Other options include Master Task, Task Name, Type, Description, Draft, Milestone, Resource, Manager, Constraint Type, Constraint Date, Duration, Approval Required for Date Changes and Approval Required for % Complete Changes.

You will also be able to set Predecessors, Lag and Link Type

Note that an item identified as Draft will not be visible to others. 

Activate and Save a Baseline

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After a schedule has been activated any date adjustments to the schedule are treated as actual dates and can be compared to the baseline.

Export and Import from MS Project

There are a number of reasons you may want to import or export to MS Project.

For example, you may wish to export to MS Project in order to print a GANT chart, which is only possible in e-Builder if you use the Reports module.

You can Import or Export using the appropriate choice on the Actions menu below the Project Dropdown 

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