Roadmap Basics
What is a Roadmap in Braineet?
With the Roadmap, you can visualize a schedule of related activities over time — like tasks, sub-tasks, or milestones — on a Roadmap chart. You can use it for project management, production timelines, or resource management.
A Roadmap chart is a type of horizontal bar chart that uses bars to visualize a schedule of certain activities (tasks, projects, events, resource expenditures, etc.) over time. The length and position of each bar show the start date, end date, and duration of each activity, and the bars are stacked into rows in such a way that you can easily see at a glance which activities overlap and for how long.
In many cases, a project plan or schedule will require that activities be performed in a certain order (for example, a particular contract needs to be signed before construction can begin). A Roadmap chart will let you visualize how different activities depend on each other with arrows (called dependencies) connecting the different bars.
Create a task or a milestone
To create a new task, begin by going to your roadmap. From there, you can click on the button labeled "Add Task” or “Add milestone” to enter the title of task you'd like to create.
Add a sub-task
To create a subtask, go to the task and then click on the dots. From the sub menu, you will be able to add a sub task by clicking on the menu item labeled “Add sub-task” to enter the title of the sub-task you’d like to create.
Dependencies between tasks and milestones
When you move your mouse over a task, a blue circle will appear. Click and drag this blue circle to another task to create a dependency arrow.
As you create dependency arrows, links will be created in whichever field you designated as your dependency task.
You can delete the dependency by clicking on the arrow and pressing the delete button on your keyboard.
Delete a task or a milestone
To delete a task, go to the task and then click on the dots. From the sub menu, you will be able to delete a task by clicking on the menu item labeled “Delete”.
Change the color of a task
To change the task color, go to the task and then click on the dots. From the submenu, you will be able to change the task color by clicking on the menu item labeled “Color”.
Assign a users on task
On the project Roadmap tab or on the roadmap view, you can assign a user to each task.
To assign a user, you can click on the Assigned cell of the task or sub-task and then select the user you want to assign.
Change progress on task
By changing the progress on each task, you will also change the progress of the overall project. You can then find the corresponding value in the custom field “Current progression”.
