Network Activities and Milestones

Purpose

Learn how to define detailed project network activities and key milestones under WBS elements, assign work sequences and dependencies, and evaluate project schedules using visual Gantt charts in IndustryX Suite ERP.

Instructions

1. Navigate to Project Manager > Find Projects and open the target project (e.g. 9000 or PRJ10000).
2. Click the Tasks / WBS tab to view existing project activities and hierarchy.
3. Select Add Task under the appropriate WBS phase (e.g. Structural Design Review).
4. Enter estimated duration (e.g. 40 Hours), planned start date, and assign a responsible team member or skill pool.
5. Define dependency relationships: set predecessor tasks (e.g. Finish-to-Start) to establish the logical sequence of execution.
6. Add a key Milestone (e.g. Phase 1 Client Sign-off) with duration 0 and mark it as a critical delivery gate.
7. Switch to the Gantt Chart view to inspect timeline visualization, activity overlaps, and critical path highlights.
8. Verify that schedule dates dynamically calculate and no circular dependencies or orphan tasks are introduced.

Expected result

All network activities and milestone gates are clearly sequenced and visually presented on the interactive Gantt chart with valid schedule dates.

Downstream effects

Scheduled network activities provide the direct assignment target for employee timesheet bookings (70000 / 76000) and baseline tracking for budget release (66000).

Related guides

Review 62000: Create Project and WBS, proceed to 66000: Plan Budget and Release Project, or view 64000 with screenshots.