2.5.4.2.1 Parent Task

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2.5.4.2.1 Parent Task

Parent Task:
Parent Task is a high-level item within task breakdown that is specified with greater detail by a number of related sub-tasks or child tasks. It is the root task that subordinates its sub-tasks and defines how they should be performed and related to each other.

The term “parent task” is used in task planning practices to explain the central and major element of a task decomposition design. Parent task has the following characteristics:
  • Splitting: the task can be split or divided into a series of simple operations or related sub-tasks
  • Goal definition: it defines the direction and subordinated goals of related sub-tasks
  • Forecast outcome: results of the task can be forecast by planning its sub-tasks ahead
Parent task is always at the top of task hierarchy. It may have several child tasks of the same level or multiple sub-tasks that belong to different hierarchical levels of the same hierarchy. Sometimes, parent tasks with multiple hierarchical levels and sub-tasks are regarded as projects or sub-projects. Such tasks are broad and included as elements of project breakdown structures and trees.

Making Task Parent:

  1. Login UNItekTIME with Admin/managerial rights.
  2. Navigate to Projects link at the top-left of the application.
  3. Click on the Options gear icon against the project in which you want to create a sub-task.
  4. Select Task option.
  5. On the Task List, click on the Task in which you want to create a Sub-Task.
  6. Click on the Options gear icon.
  7. Click Edit Task.
  8. Navigate to Advance tab.
  9. Enable the switch of Is Parent to Yes.
  10. Click Update green icon to confirm.
Article ID: 14, , Modified: 3/23/2021 at 8:39 PM

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