How Do I Identify Task Patterns?
You can identify task pattern by looking carefully
at the wording of the task statement.
Words like then, when, or and are action word
that signal a sequence of events.
Example :
◦ Do Task1, then do Task2 describes dependent task that
must be completed after the other.
◦ When Task2 is finished, start two tasks : Task 3 and
Task4 describes multiple successor tasks that can both
start as soon as Task2 is finished.
◦ When Task5 and 6 are done, start Task7 indicates that
Task7 is a multiple predecessor task because it can’t
start until 2 or more previous tasks all are completed.