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Date Dependencies Observation

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When you work a lot with card relations, then you might easily lose track of whether the deliverables such as child cards or cards in a previous-next relation. Most of the time, the work is supplied by other people or departments, and it can easily slip out of the required time frames.

The date dependencies observation works not only on card relations within a single space but also across multiple spaces.

To catch quickly whether something will not be delivered within the required time all dependent parent and previous cards will be marked with an orange exclamation mark.

Possible time dependency issues

Parent and child card conflicts:

  • the child starts before the parent
  • the child ends before the parent starts
  • the child starts after the parent ends
  • the child ends after the parent

Previous and next card conflicts:

  • next card starts before the previous card
  • next card starts before the previous card ends
  • next card ends before the previous card starts
  • next card ends before the previous card

Relations do not have to be direct. For example, the date from the “grandchild” card (child of another child card) can be in conflict with the “grandfather” card (parent of another parent card). The same situation applies to cards that are “chained” by previous-next relations.

What to do in case of card relations conflict? You can find out with the following examples.

Parent and child cards date conflicts

Let’s have a look at the example of a possible problem and its solution,

  1. You can see on the card front that the card has 1 child card.
  2. The card has 1 conflict with the related card.
  1. To see exactly what is slipping, we can find that out by taking a closer look at the date section of the card.
  1. As you can see, the child card starts 7 days before the parent card starts. Another problem is that the child card ends before the parent card starts.
  1. The most convenient way to manage time dependencies is the Gantt chart, where you can adjust times using sliding and Drag & Drop. You can also make this by changing the dates on every card separately.

Next and previous relation conflicts

Here you have another example of card relations conflict. This time it refers to Next and Previous card relations.

  1. This card has one conflict but no parent and child relations.
  1. When we scroll down, we can see one previous and next relations with another card.
  1. To see exactly what is slipping, we can find that out by taking a closer look at the date section of the card.
  1. As you can see, the conference starts before the necessary activities are performed. The due date of the previous card is 6 days after the next card starts. The next card starts before the previous card ends.
  1. The most convenient way to manage time dependencies is the Gantt Chart view, where you can adjust times using sliding and drag&drop. You can also make this by changing the dates on every card separately.

FAQ

Yes, date dependencies observation can work across multiple spaces.

Yes, card relations that are not direct such as “grandchild” and “grandparent” cards.

You can create parent and child relations using the Mind Map view.

Card Relations

Dates in Cards

Parent and Child Card Relation

Next and Previous Card Relation

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