Scheduling Conflict
When Gantt detects a scheduling conflict, it places a red warning sign next to the affected task bar.
To review and resolve the conflict:
Open the Task Details panel.
Select a resolution from the options provided, or manually resolve the conflict within the chart.
Dependency-based Scheduling Conflicts
Work item dependencies may create conflicts when manual scheduling is enabled. For example, for finish-to-start dependencies, if a task is scheduled for a date earlier than its predecessor's Finish Date, Gantt will highlight this conflict.
To deal with the conflict, open the Task Details panel and select one of the following actions:
Auto Schedule - Switches the task to Automatic Scheduling mode.
Respect Link - Changes the task Start Date to coincide with the predecessor's Finish Date. The task will stay in Manual Scheduling mode.
When sprint-based scheduling is used, dependent work items in the same sprint will not be marked as a conflict, since they can be completed at any point during the sprint.
Duration/Work Estimate Conflicts
If a task is scheduled for a fixed duration shorter than its work estimate, you will receive an error message.
To deal with the conflict, open the Task Details panel and select one of the following actions:
Reduce Estimate - Reduces the task's work estimate to match its duration.
Increase Duration - Increases the tasks duration to match its work estimate. If the task was scheduled based on sprints, a manual Start Date will be added to coincide with the start of its sprint and the task will be manually scheduled based on that date.
Sprint-based scheduling
If the task is scheduled by sprint, you will have the following options to resolve the conflict:
Auto Schedule - Removes manual scheduling.
Reduce Estimate - Reduces the task's work estimate to match its duration.
The Increase Duration option is unavailable because changing the start date would have no effect when sprints take precedence.