The Work Scheduling settings card allows a configurator to define how a work item's lifecycle is calculated. Work Scheduling settings are mainly relevant to Task work types (including key dates) and are available on the work type modeller page: Launchpad > Modeller > Work types. Open a work type on its General Settings page.
Defining how a work item's lifecycle is calculated
Click the edit icon (the pencil) to change the settings.
| Setting | Description |
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| Work Duration | |
| Track duration for this work type | Whether to track both start and end date/time for work items of this type. |
| Specify expected duration (overriding phase model estimate) |
Specify the expected duration in seconds, minutes, hours, or days. |
| Estimation model | Not currently supported. |
| Schedule Triggers (specify how we determine when an item is started or finished) | |
| Work is considered started when: |
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| Work is considered finished when: |
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| Allow manual scheduling of this work | Whether the user can manually affect the schedule. For example, by dragging the item on the phase plan view. |
| Due Date Settings | |
| Due date linking behaviour |
It is possible to link the Task due date to the start or end date.
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| Phase model | |
| Phase plan | This section shows links to the linked phase plan. |
Note that these settings affect how items are rendered on the Plan Widget.
Key dates normally have their end date linked to the due date, and do not track duration.
Work Scheduling Aspect
The Work Scheduling aspect can be configured on work items so that users can view and edit the start/end dates:
