TJ-03 Progressive Elaboration of Tasks in TaskJuggler.ipynb

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    "## Progressive Elaboration of Tasks\n",
    "\n",
    "[Progressive elaboration](https://project-management-knowledge.com/definitions/p/progressive-elaboration/)\n",
    "is the process of adding additional detail and fidelity to the project plan\n",
    "as additional or more complete information becomes available. The process of progressive elaboration allows the project team to begin with a sketch of their\n",
    "project plan that becomes more detailed as needed and as development priorities\n",
    "emerge from the emergent detailed picture. \n",
    "\n",
    "In this demonstration and exercise we will focus on the creation of subtasks, and identifying dependencies between tasks that impact the sequence of work. Our next demo and exercise  will focus on assigning tasks to resources and developing an effort instead of duration-focused view of our project. \n",
    "\n",
    "[foundation-03.tjp file](Sample-Files/foundation-03.tjp)\n",
    "\n",
    "    project foundation \"Foundation Project\" 2018-07-01 - 2019-06-30 {\n",
    "        currency \"USD\"\n",
    "        timeformat \"%Y-%m-%d\"\n",
    "        numberformat \"-\" \"\" \",\" \".\" 1\n",
    "        currencyformat \"(\" \")\" \",\" \".\" 0\n",
    "        now 2018-07-01-00:00\n",
    "        weekstartsmonday\n",
    "        workinghours mon - fri 9:00 - 12:00, 13:00 - 18:00\n",
    "        workinghours sat, sun off\n",
    "    }\n",
    "    \n",
    "    ############## accounts ################\n",
    "    \n",
    "    ############## resources ###############\n",
    "    \n",
    "    ############## tasks ###################\n",
    "    task projectstart \"Project Start\" {\n",
    "        start ${projectstart}\n",
    "    }\n",
    "    \n",
    "    \n",
    "    task doing \"Making the Goods\" {\n",
    "        start ${projectstart}\n",
    "        task buy_materials \"Buy the materials\" {\n",
    "            duration 1m\n",
    "        }\n",
    "        task glue_together \"Glue everything together\" {\n",
    "            depends !buy_materials # relative reference to task\n",
    "            duration 8w\n",
    "        }\n",
    "        task cleanup \"Clean up the mess\" {\n",
    "            depends doing.glue_together # absolute reference to task\n",
    "            duration 30d\n",
    "        }\n",
    "    }\n",
    "    \n",
    "    task refining \"Refining the Goods\" {\n",
    "        depends doing\n",
    "        task paint \"Paint the items\" {\n",
    "            duration 3w\n",
    "        }\n",
    "        task attach_bells \"Screw bells onto items\" {\n",
    "            depends !paint\n",
    "            task buy_bells \"Buy bells\"{duration 1w}\n",
    "            task use_screwdriver \"Use screwdriver\" {\n",
    "                depends !buy_bells\n",
    "                duration 1m\n",
    "            }\n",
    "        }\n",
    "        task repaint \"Repaint the items\" {\n",
    "            depends !attach_bells\n",
    "            duration 2m\n",
    "        }\n",
    "        task explain \"Explain to Boss what you spent the last 3 months doing\" {\n",
    "            depends !repaint\n",
    "            duration 2h\n",
    "        }\n",
    "    }\n",
    "    \n",
    "    task selling \"Selling the Goods\" {\n",
    "        depends refining.explain\n",
    "        duration 4m\n",
    "    }\n",
    "    \n",
    "    ############## reports #################\n",
    "    \n",
    "    taskreport \"reports/foundation-03_taskreport\" {\n",
    "        formats html, csv\n",
    "        headline \"Project Breakdown\"\n",
    "    }\n"
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      "TaskJuggler v3.6.0 - A Project Management Software\n",
      "\n",
      "Copyright (c) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016\n",
      "              by Chris Schlaeger <cs@taskjuggler.org>\n",
      "\n",
      "This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under\n",
      "the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by the\n",
      "Free Software Foundation.\n",
      "\n",
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    "%%bash\n",
    "cd Sample-Files\n",
    "tj3 foundation-03.tjp"
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    "producing this HTML report:\n",
    "\n",
    "[Sample-Files/reports/foundation-03_taskreport.html](Sample-Files/reports/foundation-03_taskreport.html)\n",
    "\n",
    "and the following CSV file:\n",
    "\n",
    "[Sample-Files/reports/foundation-03_taskreport.csv](Sample-Files/reports/foundation-03_taskreport.csv)"
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    "## Practice ...\n",
    "\n",
    "Based on the fleshed out skeleton (collection of high-level tasks) you previously developed, you can now\n",
    "add some subtasks, and dependencies to those tasks to develop a more detailed plan. When done you can generate \n",
    "new HTML and CSV reports that illustrate/contain the results of the project scheduling processs\n",
    "in TaskJuggler.  \n",
    "\n",
    "### Activity:\n",
    "\n",
    "1. Modify your previously created fleshed out `.tjp` file or create a new file based on the content of your \"skeleton\" file and add some sub-tasks and dependencies to your plan.\n",
    "\n",
    "2. Run the TaskJuggler scheduler to test your skeleton to make sure that it does not generate any errors. If it does, see if you can fix them and re-run the scheduler. \n",
    "\n",
    "<video controls src=\"images/Timer10Minutestory.mov\" />"
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    "-------------------\n",
    "[(0)](TJ-00%20What%20is%20TaskJuggler.ipynb) -- \n",
    "[(1)](TJ-01%20Project%20Skeleton.ipynb) -- \n",
    "[(2)](TJ-02%20A%20Fleshed%20Out%20TaskJuggler%20Outline.ipynb) -- \n",
    "(3) -- \n",
    "[(4)](TJ-04%20Assigning%20Resources%20%26%20Cost%20Estimation%20in%20TaskJuggler.ipynb) --\n",
    "[(5)](TJ-05%20Project%20Tracking%20in%20TaskJuggler.ipynb) -- \n",
    "[(6)](TJ-06%20Visualization%20%26%20Reporting%20in%20TaskJuggler.ipynb)"
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