Editing a Task

Project managers edit tasks to update details (planned start, planned finish or duration for example) and to add assignees. Normally it is project managers who are making edits to tasks. Note: Editing a task has implications. For details, see Impact of Editing Tasks (popup)

Other team members update tasks to indicate how much work they have done on an assigned task. For more information about how updating a task differs from editing a task, see Task Edit and Task Update.

Note: If a schedule is locked ( has been synchronized using ProjectTransit) or checked out, you cannot edit tasks in the schedule. For more information about ProjectTransit, see ProjectTransit Overview.

There are three places you can edit a task in PPM:

Task List—The Task List gives you the ability to edit tasks inline.
For more information, see Editing Tasks in the Task List.
Gantt Chart—You can edit tasks from the Gantt chart.
For more information, see Editing a Task in the Gantt Chart.
Details Window—Edit tasks from the global Tasks application.
See Editing at Task in the Details Window.