Activity constraints can be managed in Masterplan.
There are three menus for a constraint: Detail View, Mini Widget and Timeline View. Managing constraints can also be done from the Lookahead.
Activity constraints can be managed using the Detail view of the constraint, where various features given below can be done:
Edit constraint name
Edit constraint description
Change ETA and due date
Update constraint status
Change the Assignee of the constraint and its steps
Edit due-dates and status of steps (covered in a separate article)
View the Affected Task/Activity by the constraint
Update comments and attachments
Figure: Detailed View of a Constraint
The following steps guide you to Edit Activity Constraint:
Double-click on the Constraint (indicated by a circle and in-lined with it's activity)
Click the Edit (Pencil) button
Update with changes
Click Tick
To edit the step(condition), hover over the step to make the Edit (Pencil) button appear, click Edit and make necessary changes.
Figure: Editing the Constraint and its Conditions
To access the Mini Widget of a constraint, Single click on the Constraint circle in the Gantt Chart. In this menu, Constraint Name, Expected Due Date, ETA, Assignee, Status of the constraint and its steps and Deleting the constraint can be done.
Figure: Mini Widget of a Constraint
To access the Timeline View of a constraint, hover over the Constraint circle in the Gantt Chart. An arrow pointing left will appear. Clicking on the arrow will expand the constraint into a Timeline View, where each circle represents the Due Dates of each step under the constraint.
To close it, simply click the arrow pointing to the right beside the Timeline View.
Figure: Timeline View of a Constraint