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Guides and answers for every part of Depentra.
Getting started
- Creating your first projectHow to create a project in Depentra, what the three starting points give you, and how many projects your plan allows.
- Adding tasks and organising them into groupsAdding tasks, organising them into groups, creating subitems, reordering by drag, and the task limits on each plan.
- Choosing and applying a templateWhat a Depentra template installs, which plans can use which templates, and what happens if a template is larger than your task limit.
- Inviting your team and setting access levelsInvitation links, six-character join codes, the three member roles, invite expiry, and restricting a member to specific views.
Timeline and scheduling
- Reading the Gantt chart and changing the timeline scaleDay, week, month, and year zoom levels, what each element on the chart means, and how to export the timeline.
- Reading total floatWhat total float means, how Depentra calculates it, how to add the Float property and filter it, and why the numbers keep changing.
- Saving and comparing baselinesHow to save a baseline, what the variance columns mean, and how many baselines each plan allows.
Dependencies and impact
- Creating dependencies, with lag and lead timeHow to link tasks so one waits on another, how to add lag or lead time, and why circular chains are blocked.
- Reading the Impact Matrix and cascade riskHow cascade risk is scored, what CRITICAL, MODERATE, and ISOLATED mean, and how to trace a delay back to its root cause.
- Using the Delay Simulator safelyHow to model a delay without changing the plan, why compound delays take the maximum rather than the sum, and how to reset.
Budget and data
- Understanding CPI, EAC, ETC, and VACThe four earned value numbers in the Budget view, what each one is calculated from, and which thresholds are worth acting on.
- Exporting your project dataWhich formats each view exports to, and what ends up in the file.