Playbook | Improved Start Date Calculations

Start Date calculations have been improved as they relate to Summary tasks with predecessors.

When a Summary task has no active subtasks, its lifecycle is Planned (dashed border).

Improved Start Date Calcs - Planned - 1

Therefore, subtasks with their Start On setting set to Earliest are determined by the link to the summary task.

Improved Start Date Calcs - Planned - 2

When a Summary task has at least one active subtask, its lifecycle is Active (solid border).

Improved Start Date Calcs - Active - 3

Now that the Summary task is Active, the predecessor is ignored.

Improved Start Date Calcs - Active - 4