How to Use Lead / Lag in Merlin Project


Lead or lag between activities? Set a buffer between two activities and thus build time reserves into your project? Read how to do this in Merlin Project.
You are using Merlin Project and appreciate its dynamic planning options for scheduling? Then you already know how to use dependencies.
Check out our learning path for more tips and tricks with Merlin Project. We'll show you how to set up a project from start to finish.
Merlin Project: Multiple Selection Editing

You use Merlin Project to schedule your projects and keep track of work, resources and cost? Then you already know how to enter new activities, define them by 'Given Work' or 'Given Duration' as required and/or assign resources.
How to proceed when you need to edit multiple activities at once?
Read more...macOS Hints: QuickLook Settings

QuickLook is one of the most popular features of macOS, as it allows users to quickly preview files without having to open them. In macOS Sonoma and the new macOS Sequoia, QuickLook is enabled by default. However, the feature might have been disabled in certain settings or by third-party software. Here’s how to enable QuickLook for Merlin Project in the system settings.
Read more...Merlin Project: Redistribute Remaining Work

You plan your projects with Merlin Project, have completed the planning phase, assigned work to your resources and record actual progress as it occurs?
Throughout the project's lifecycle, activities might be on time, slightly behind schedule, ahead of schedule, or scheduled for the future. Often, there is enough time to recover from minor delays, but sometimes an activity on the critical path falls behind, causing delays for other successor tasks or even the entire project.
In this post, we’ll show you how Merlin Project can help you prevent potential delays in your project.
Read more...Merlin Project: Additional Costs

Are you already planning your projects with Merlin Project and know the advantages of dependencies for dynamic planning? Then find out in this article how the clever usage of dependencies may also support you with individual specifications.
How can Merlin Project, for example, map cost plans that contain a dynamic factor which is dependent on unplanned delays?
Merlin Project offers you more flexibility than the basic functions would suggest. Below you will find a possible step-by-step guide for your own implementation.
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