{"id":7252,"date":"2014-05-07t11:52:45","date_gmt":"2014-05-07t15:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/?p=7252"},"modified":"2024-08-01t15:59:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01t19:59:45","slug":"hard-constraints-vs-soft-constraints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/hard-constraints-vs-soft-constraints\/","title":{"rendered":"understand hard constraints vs soft constraints [in under 100 words]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>primavera p6 supports 2 types of constraints; hard constraints and soft constraints.<\/p>\n<p>in primavera p6, <strong>\u201cmandatory\u201d constraints<\/strong> are hard constraints. hard constraints stand out because they can break relationships. an activity that has a mandatory start or finish date becomes fixed to that date. relationships to that activity are ignored \u2013 the activity will not move even if its predecessors push it out.<\/p>\n<p>all of p6\u2019s other constraints are considered soft constraints. a <strong>soft constraint<\/strong> is one that p6 will try to adhere to, but relationships take priority, and may result in the constraint not being met.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-9271afec-6870-4489-a4ab-bb4492bb93f0\" class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\"><span id=\"hs-cta-9271afec-6870-4489-a4ab-bb4492bb93f0\" class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-9271afec-6870-4489-a4ab-bb4492bb93f0\"><!-- [if lte ie 8]>\n\n\n<div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div>\n\n\n<![endif]--><a href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/297539\/9271afec-6870-4489-a4ab-bb4492bb93f0\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"hs-cta-img-9271afec-6870-4489-a4ab-bb4492bb93f0\" class=\"hs-cta-img\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/297539\/9271afec-6870-4489-a4ab-bb4492bb93f0.png\" alt=\"free ebook - the ultimate project planning and scheduling glossary\" \/><\/a><\/span><script charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/js.hscta.net\/cta\/current.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> hbspt.cta.load(297539, '9271afec-6870-4489-a4ab-bb4492bb93f0', {}); <\/script><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>primavera p6 supports 2 types of constraints; hard constraints and soft constraints. in primavera p6, \u201cmandatory\u201d constraints are hard constraints&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,193],"tags":[230,223,177],"content-topics":[],"class_list":["post-7252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-primavera-p6-tutorials","category-project-controls-tips-tutorials","tag-constraints-2","tag-cpm-scheduling","tag-definitions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- this site is optimized with the yoast seo premium plugin v23.1 (yoast seo v23.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>understand hard constraints vs soft constraints [in under 100 words]<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"understand the difference between hard constraints and soft constraints in primavera p6. in primavera p6, \u201cmandatory\u201d constraints are hard constraints. hard constraints\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/hard-constraints-vs-soft-constraints\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_us\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"understand hard constraints vs soft constraints [in under 100 words]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"understand the difference between hard constraints and soft constraints in primavera p6. in primavera p6, \u201cmandatory\u201d constraints are hard constraints. hard constraints\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/hard-constraints-vs-soft-constraints\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"世界杯2022亚洲比赛时间
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