This topic presents the task properties and their descriptions as displayed in the
Task Properties dialog box. The
Task Properties dialog box contains the following tabbed pages of properties.
Task
The following properties are on the
Task tab.
- Subtask Of
- Displays the name of the task for which this item is a subtask (if this item is a subtask).
- Name
- Displays the name of the task or subtask.
- Responsibility
- Displays the name of the person responsible for the completion of this task or subtask. Other people can be assigned as additional
resources.
- Milestone
- Indicates that the task or subtask should be treated as a milestone.
- Status
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Displays the task status:
- Pending
- Waiting for completion of a predecessor task.
- Ready To Start
- Work can be started on the task.
- In Progress
- Work has been entered for the task.
- Finished
- Work is finished on the task.
- Closed
- Task is completed and closed.
- Hold
- Work temporarily stopped on the task, usually to wait for completion of another task.
- Priority
- Displays the task priority level. The default is
Medium. These priorities are identical to those in MS Project.
Do Not Level is a Microsoft Project-specific term you should ignore.
- Duration
- Indicates the number of hours expected for completion of the task.
- Percent Complete
- Displays the percentage of work that has been completed on a task.
- Needs Attention
- Notifies team leaders or task reviewers that this task requires attention. Enter the information about why this task needs
attention in the text box below the
Needs Attention check box.
Resources
The
Resources tab lists the task resources. You can assign responsibility to team members by adding them to the list with the
Add button, and you can remove them using the
Remove button.
Time
The following properties are on the
Time tab.
- Plan Start
- Displays the start date for the task.
- Plan Finish
- Displays the finish date for the task.
- Plan Work
- Indicates the number of hours estimated to complete this task.
- Actual Start
- Displays the actual start date calculated from work record entry.
- Actual Finish
- Displays the actual finish date task status changes to
Finished.
- Actual Work
- Indicates the actual number of hours taken to complete the task, calculated from Work Records.
- Variance Start
- Displays the variance in days between expected start date and actual start date. This is read-only calculated value.
- Variance Finish
- Displays the variance in days between expected finish date and actual finish date. This is read-only calculated value.
- Variance Work
- Displays the variance in number of hours between estimated and actual duration. This is read-only calculated value.
Work
The
Work tab lists all the work records entered for this task. Each work record has the following properties.
- User Name
- Displays the name of person who performed the work for this work record entry.
- Date
- Displays the date of work record entry.
- Work Hours
- Indicates the number of hours worked for this work record entry.
- Remaining Work
- Indicates the remaining number of hours left to complete the task.
- Comments
- Displays text comments explaining what work was done for this work record.
- Total Actual Work
- Displays read-only calculated field of the total time spent on this task based on the work records entered.
Notes
The
Notes tab is a simply a text box for capturing notes about the task.
Custom
You can create custom properties for an item which will display in the item
Properties dialog box.
The following properties are on the
Custom tab.
- Property
- Displays each custom property name.
- Value
- Displays the values for each custom property. Double-click the property name to edit the value.
Attachments
The
Attachments tab contains a list of all the files attached to the current item.
Comment
The following properties are on the
Comment tab.
- Comment For This Revision
- Displays the reason for the changes to the current revision.
- Comment For New Revision
- Displays the reason for the changes to the new revision.