Lags and Leads - Proposed Enhancements

JamesR

There are two elements to Lags and leads that I believe are greatly needed in Smartsheet Projects:

 

1 - Being able to use elapsed time in Predecessors i.e. +e6h for Paint drying time or +e5d for waiting for approval from external agency etc.

 

2 - The ability to use percentage % in Leads so that the overlap is based on the duration of the preceding task regardless whether it extends or reduces in time. i.e. -50% of a 5 day Predecessor is 2.5d, however if it extends to a 6 day task it is 3 days.  Currently you would need to edit yur predesessor to ensure its accuracy, where as if it allowed % it would recalculate.

 

Both of these better allows the accurate creation of a Plan/Model/Recipe for the sucessful outcome desired

Benjamin Walker

Does this solve issue 1? Try the pencil icon in Predecessors.

JamesR

Benjamin,

 

No, I am well aare of this functionality.  It will not allow you to enter elapsed time.

 

James

Benjamin Walker

I see, my misunderstanding. Unfortunately that is not currently supported. 

 

As a workaround you could make the lag time a separate task:

Jennifer Greenough

I have seen a number of threads on this topic (lapsed days in predecessors) and want to add my vote. I'm getting this request from multiple users, as we need this functionality to sho lag time between vaccinactions and blood draws on our clinical trials.