Schedule · PM Glossary

Dependency

A logical relationship between activities. The most common is finish-to-start: one activity must finish before the next starts. Dependencies can be mandatory, discretionary or external.

Example

Painting depends on the walls being built (finish-to-start, mandatory).

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