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Working with Lead Times
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| | A lead time is a negative lag time. Lead times allow linked tasks to overlap, the second task in the pair of linked tasks beginning before the first task is completed. This overlap allows you to make up for lost time, speed up the process of the entire project, or utilize a single resource on two tasks at the same time. | | | |
| | Open the Task Information dialog box by clicking the Task Information button on the toolbar or right-click the task that requires lead time, and choose Task Information from the shortcut menu. Click the Predecessor tab, and adjust the Lag time to the desired hours or days. If you click the spinner triangle to reduce the lag time, as soon as you pass 0d (or 0h), the numbers become negative, creating a Lead time. Click OK to close the dialog box and apply the lead time to the predecessor task. | | | |
| | To create a lead time through the Task Dependency dialog box, right-click the arrow linking two tasks. Use the spinner triangles to decrement the lag time, and as you pass 0d or 0h, the numbers become negative, creating a lead time for the dependent task. Click OK to close the dialog box and see that the task bar for the dependent task has moved to the left to reflect the new lead time. | | | |
| | You can't drag task bars to create a lead time as you would to create a lag time. While you can adjust the lag time to a negative number using the Task Information or Task Dependency dialog boxes, you cannot create an overlap between linked tasks. If you attempt to do so, a dialog box appears, suggesting that you either remove the link and allow the move to occur, or cancel the move to retain the link. | |
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