Project Managementoperational
Gantt Planning & Milestones
How do we plan schedules, dependencies, and milestones?
Project schedules are built on an interactive Gantt editor: tasks nest into subtask levels, dependency links connect rows, and milestones flag fixed points. The rows are the same task records the execution screens use — there is no separate planning copy to keep in sync.
What is checked before it commits
6 checksNested subtask levels
Tasks form a parent-child hierarchy with levels, and the tree loads with children attached so the full breakdown is edited in one view.
Dependency links
Rows connect through dependency records between a predecessor and a dependent task, so sequencing is data, not drawing.
Milestone flags
A row’s start or end can be marked as a milestone, and tasks themselves carry a milestone flag used in lists and views.
Organization-calendar scheduling
Non-working days and holiday dates are read from the organization calendar and applied when durations and dates are computed.
Resource view on the same plan
The resource Gantt shows employees and equipment as resources with their task assignments and dependencies on one timeline.
Assignment from the plan
Rows can carry an assignee or skill requirements, so allocation can start from the schedule rather than a separate screen.
How it works
The Gantt presents the project as a work-breakdown hierarchy: tasks with subtask levels, each row carrying its status, start and end dates, duration, and a progress percentage shown on the bar. Dependency links connect rows so downstream dates follow their predecessors, and task boundaries can be flagged as milestones.
Scheduling is calendar-aware. Non-working day indexes and holiday dates come from the organization calendar and shape computed dates, rather than plain day arithmetic. Rows can also carry planning attributes used at assignment time: priority, required time with a time-period unit, and skill requirements by category, skill, and level.
A second, resource-oriented Gantt view lays assigned employees and equipment against the same timeline, with the project’s dependencies and assignments loaded together. Edits are guarded — a task with children cannot simply be deleted, and changes write back to the live task records that assignees see.
What this touches
- Task Management
Gantt rows are task records — status updates and activity reporting happen on the same data. - Human Capital Management
Employee records and their schedules are the people side of the resource Gantt. - Organization model
Non-working days and holidays come from the shared organization calendar.
See gantt planning & milestones running in continON.
A guided walkthrough on a sanitized demo tenant — this capability inside its module, on the shared platform.