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Plan backwards

Work backwards from your deadline. Add tasks, durations and buffers to calculate your start time and see how a delay changes the schedule.

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Work backwards from a deadline

How-to, tips & answers

When do you need to start? Enter your deadline and the steps leading up to it.

How it works

  1. Choose your finish date and time.
  2. Add tasks in order, with a duration and buffer for each.
  3. Read the schedule or try a later start to see its effect.

Tasks and buffers

Steps follow one another in the order you enter them. Each task’s duration is followed by its buffer. The plan works out the overall start and the start of each task.

If you start late

Enter a delay in minutes to shift the schedule and see the new finish time. Dates and times use your device’s local time zone.

Good to know

Can tasks run in parallel?

This planner runs tasks one after another. Use separate plans for work that happens at the same time.

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