Added by Felix Gorschlüter almost 3 years ago
Can I set the durations (not the dates) of tasks etc. in OpenProject in such a way that they "block time"? You can sequence tasks: "A" must be finished before "B" can start. I also can tell "A": you need 40 hours, but in the Gantt chart OpenProject then packs "B" one day after "A". Maybe I have to tell the project what my framework conditions are, namely: one person works 8 hours a day, and thus one week should be blocked.
Sure, I can say: "A" lasts from June 6th until June 12th, but if something changes in the project chain before "A", the whole Gantt chart doesn't shift, because a fixed start date was given.
In other words, is it possible to generate a Gantt chart from:
a fixed starting point in time
tasks that have durations (1 week, 5 weeks...)
orders / relationships between the tasks
Replies (2)
Duration fields can now appear in Performance Summary Dashboards, as part of Excel Reports and they can have Performance Standards created for them.
I ran into the same issue, and what helped me was adjusting the project settings to make sure dependencies were properly linked. If the Gantt chart isn’t updating as expected, check if the task relationships are correctly set up. Compared to a jira gantt chart, OpenProject sometimes requires an extra manual refresh to display changes. Also, make sure the timeline settings include the right filters so tasks don’t get hidden.