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Vigeeth SalianMember for 10 years 7 months
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hi,

 

is it important to have predecessor or successor in all the activities.

In my planning file, some doesnt have Predecessor.

will it creat any problem to my plan in later stages?

 

Plz help me

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    Rafael Davila ·
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    http://www.projectrisk.com/wh

    http://www.projectrisk.com/white_papers/The_Problem_with_Dangling_Activities_in_Project_Schedules.pdf

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    Zoltan Palffy ·
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    ALL activities MUST have a

    ALL activities MUST have a predecessor except for the very first one and ALL activities must have a successor except the last one. This is the whole concept of the critical path method.

    Every activity in your schedule would have a predecessor even if its only the 1st one such as start project. If you think about it how can that activity that you claim to not have a predecessor start if you have not started the project ?

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    Zoltan Palffy ·
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    ALL activities MUST have a

    ALL activities MUST have a predecessor except for the very first one and ALL activities must have a successor except the last one. This is the whole concept of the critical path method.

    Every activity in your schedule would have a predecessor even if its only the 1st one such as start project. If you think about it how can that activity that you claim to not have a predecessor start if you have not started the project ?

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