Task Properties

The Task Properties dialog box contains tabbed pages of properties.

The following tables present the task properties and their descriptions as displayed in the Task Properties dialog box.

Task

The following properties are on the Task tab.

Sub-task Of

Displays the name of the task for which this item is a sub-task (if this item is a sub-task).

Name

Displays the name of the task or sub-task.

Responsibility

Displays the name of the person responsible for the completion of this task or sub-task. Other people can be assigned as additional resources.

Milestone

Indicates that the task or sub-task should be treated as a milestone.

Status

Displays the task status:

Pending	Waiting for completion of a predecessor task.
Ready To Start	Work can be started on the task.
In Progress	Work has been entered for the task.
Finished	Work is finished on the task.
Closed	Task is completed and closed.
Hold	Work temporarily stopped on the task, usually to wait for completion of another task.

Priority

Displays the task priority level. The default is Medium. These priorities are identical to those in MS Project. Do Not Level is a Microsoft Project-specific term you should ignore.

Duration

Indicates the number of hours expected for completion of the task.

Percent Complete

Displays the percentage of work that has been completed on a task.

Needs Attention

Notifies team leaders or task reviewers that this task requires attention. Enter the information about why this task needs attention in the text box below the Needs Attention check box.

Resources

The Resources tab lists the task resources. You can assign responsibility to team members by adding them to the list with the Add button, and you can remove them using the Remove button.

Time

The following properties are on the Time tab.

Plan Start	Displays the start date for the task.
Plan Finish	Displays the finish date for the task.
Plan Work	Indicates the number of hours estimated to complete this task.
Actual Start	Displays the actual start date calculated from work record entry.
Actual Finish	Displays the actual finish date task status changes to Finished.
Actual Work	Indicates the actual number of hours taken to complete the task, calculated from Work Records.
Variance Start	Displays the variance in days between expected start date and actual start date. This is read-only calculated value.
Variance Finish	Displays the variance in days between expected finish date and actual finish date. This is read-only calculated value.
Variance Work	Displays the variance in number of hours between estimated and actual duration. This is read-only calculated value.

Work

The Work tab lists all the work records entered for this task. Each work record has the following properties.

User Name	Displays the name of person who performed the work for this work record entry.
Date	Displays the date of work record entry.
Work Hours	Indicates the number of hours worked for this work record entry.
Remaining Work	Indicates the remaining number of hours left to complete the task.
Comments	Displays text comments explaining what work was done for this work record.
Total Actual Work	Displays read-only calculated field of the total time spent on this task based on the work records entered.

Notes

The Notes tab is a simply a text box for capturing notes about the task.

Custom

You can create custom properties for an item which will display in the item Properties dialog box.

The following properties are on the Custom tab.

Property	Displays each custom property name.
Value	Displays the values for each custom property. Double-click the property name to edit the value.

Attachments

The Attachments tab contains a list of all the files attached to the current item.

Comment

The following properties are on the Comment tab.

Comment For This Revision	Displays the reason for the changes to the current revision.
Comment For New Revision	Displays the reason for the changes to the new revision.