--- title: Creating a Timeline description: Create a high-level Timeline to keep all project stakeholders on task and aware of upcoming activities. --- [Skip to content](https://success.join.build/en/knowledge/project-timeline#main-content) [Contact Join Support](https://success.join.build/en/knowledge/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) [![Join Help Center](https://success.join.build/hubfs/Join%20Help%20Center.svg)](https://success.join.build/en/knowledge?hsLang=en) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Contact Join Support](https://success.join.build/en/knowledge/kb-tickets/new) - [Login](https://app.join.build/) [Login](https://app.join.build/) Hi! 👋 How can we help? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Join - Help Center](https://success.join.build/en/knowledge?hsLang=en) 2. [Timeline](https://success.join.build/en/knowledge/timeline?hsLang=en) 3. [Timeline](https://success.join.build/en/knowledge/timeline?hsLang=en#timeline) # Creating a Timeline ## Create a high-level Timeline to keep all project stakeholders on task and aware of upcoming activities. **Enable editing** in Timeline to build out your project plan. [Import a schedule](https://success.join.build/en/knowledge/project-timeline#importing_schedules) from a third party or build it out manually.  Add **Activities** and **Milestones** to map out your execution plan. Use parent **Phases** and simple scheduling logic, such as predecessors and successors, to structure your project. ***Tip:** Plan ahead with future Activities & Milestones. Add activities to keep your team aligned on progress toward delivery. - Examples: Milestone: GMP, or Activity: OAC Meeting* ### Creating Activities To create a new [activity](https://success.join.build/en/knowledge/timeline-overview#types_activities) (Phases, Tasks, and Events) on your project, follow these steps: 1. Navigate to the **Timeline page** and select **Enable editing** 2. Click the **+ New Activity** button 1. A new row is added at the bottom of your workspace view 3. Rename the New Activity 4. Fill out the following fields to schedule your activity: 1. **Duration** - # of days (in workdays) 2. **Predecessor** - Select an activity that must finish before this activity can start 3. **Successor** - Select an activity that can’t start until this activity finishes 4. **Start Date** - Start date of the activity (or rely on predecessor to schedule) 5. **End Date** - End date of the activity (or rely on duration to schedule) ![](https://success.join.build/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202025-05-28%20at%205-14-11%E2%80%AFPM-png-1.png?width=670&height=282&name=Screenshot%202025-05-28%20at%205-14-11%E2%80%AFPM-png-1.png) ***Tip:** Right-click an Activity to see additional functionality such as Nesting, Adding activities in-line, or deleting.* ### **Creating Milestones** To create a new milestone on your project from the Timeline, follow these steps: 1. Navigate to the **Timeline** **page** and select **Enable editing** 2. Click the **+ New Milestone** button 3. Fill out all of the required fields below: 1. **Milestone Name** 2. **Milestone Start Date** 3. **Milestone Design Phase** - Select the corresponding design phase for the Milestone 4. Click the **Create and Publish** button ![](https://success.join.build/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Dec-11-2025-05-20-28-0520-PM.png?width=597&height=387&name=image-png-Dec-11-2025-05-20-28-0520-PM.png) ### Creating Parent Phases Group a set of activities under a shared heading or parent phase. This can be done in two ways: #### Option 1 - Nesting & Unnesting - Right-click on an activity to open the menu - Select **Nest** or **Unnest** to create and remove parent phases ![](https://success.join.build/hs-fs/hubfs/May-28-2025%2017-32-58-gif.gif?width=540&height=324&name=May-28-2025%2017-32-58-gif.gif) #### Option 2 - Drag & Drop Activities - Select an activity or group of activities and drag/drop them to a new location. - Or, drop the selected activities *onto* another activity to nest them as children. ![](https://success.join.build/hs-fs/hubfs/May-28-2025%2017-40-05-gif.gif?width=642&height=426&name=May-28-2025%2017-40-05-gif.gif) ***Note:** Parent phases will summarize the Start Date, End Date, and Duration of their children unless they are* ***manually scheduled****. Additionally, Milestones cannot be Parent Phases.* ### **Scheduling Activities and Defining Dependencies** Schedule Activities or Milestones just like a traditional project plan by establishing dependencies between them. Dependencies control how one activity’s timing affects another, and our platform supports all four standard relationship types: - FS (Finish-to-Start) - Default / Most common - FF (Finish-to-Finish) - Aligned completions - SS (Start-to-Start) - Aligned starts - SF (Start-to-Finish) - Least common **You can define relationships in two ways:** Option 1 - Table View (Predecessor & Successor Columns) - Select an activity from the dropdown - Or, type the line number + relationship code (e.g., L02SS). Defaults to FS if unspecified. Option 2 - Gantt Chart (Drag & Connect) - Hover over an activity bar to reveal connection points. - Drag from one end to another activity to create a relationship (e.g., Finish-to-Start).. ![](https://success.join.build/hs-fs/hubfs/May-28-2025%2017-44-26-gif.gif?width=670&height=337&name=May-28-2025%2017-44-26-gif.gif) ***Note:** When a link is attempted that creates a [scheduling cycle](https://success.join.build/en/knowledge/project-timeline#scheduling_cycles), the connection will not be created.* ### **Manually Scheduled Activities** Manually Scheduled Activities are not affected by the automatic scheduling engine. Their start and end dates remain fixed unless you intentionally change them — they do not shift based on nested activities, dependencies, or scheduling logic. This gives you full control over when certain work shouldn’t follow traditional scheduling rules.  ***Note**: If you have an existing project that utilizes Timeline, all of your existing Phases have been set to Manually Scheduled in Spring 2025.* ### **Scheduling Cycles** Scheduling cycles can be created if invalid dependencies are defined within Timeline. 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