Project Planning and Scheduling Using Primavera Version 4.1: For Engineering & Construction and Maintenance & Turnaround

The next phase of a schedule is to add logic to the activities.There are two types of logic:
Relationships ( Dependenciesor Logic or Linksbetween activities), and
Imposed Constraints to activity start or finish dates. Theseare covered in the CONSTRAINTS chapter.
Primavera Version 4.1 s Help file and other text use the terms Relationships and Logic for Relationships but does not use the terms Dependencies or Links.
We will look at the following techniques in this chapter:
| Topic | Notes for creating a SF Relationship |
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| Drag the mouse pointer from one activity to another to create adependency. |
| Predecessor and Successors may be added and deleted from the Relationships tab. |
| Double-click on an activity link in the Bar Chart or PERT view. |
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| Double clicking in the Predecessor or Successor cells will open the Assign Predecessor form and the Assign Successorform. |
| Select the activities in the order they are to be linked, right click and select Link Activities. |
Hard Logic, also referred to as Primary Logic, are dependencies that may not be avoided: for example, afooting excavation has to be prepared before concrete may...