Links are the dependencies of activities on one another, and in other terms – the priority relationships

between activities.

Schedule management: What types of links are there?

 FS – Finish to Start.
When Task A precedes Task B with the FS link, it means that only once Task A ends will Task B be
able to start.
As most links between activities are FS links, the letters are not written in the link title in the
Predecessors and Successors columns.
Example: after finishing writing the script for a TV episode, filming can begin.

 SS – Start to Start.
When Activity C precedes Activity D with the SS link, it means that only once Activity C begins
will Activity D be able to begin.
Example: only once the lecturer begins speaking, students can begin taking notes.

 FF – Finish to Finish.
When Task E precedes Task F with FF link, it means that only once Task E ends will Task F be able
to end.
Example: upon completing the experiment, its documentation can be completed.

 SF – Start to Finish.
This is the strangest link out there – if you try to think of it like the other links:
When Activity G precedes Activity H with the SF link, it means that only once Activity G begins,
Activity H can end. What?!

This link makes no sense – if you’re looking at it on a timeline. BUT, if you flip the timeline – this
link is exactly FS, just in the other direction! Meaning, if you’re planning a project from end to
start – it is a logical link!

As much as it’s important to maintain mindset flexibility – and plan a project from start to finish
and vice versa, because we can only move from today to tomorrow during execution – when
building a schedule: do not use this link!
It may be possible to go back in time in films or in books, but as of today, it is not possible in real
life – and should not be used in projects.

The nitpickers would probably ask – why does this exist?

The answer is simple. Think of F and S like 0 and 1. If you count from 0 to 3 in binary, you get: 00,

01, 10, 11. So SF also exists. It’s that simple