Break tasks into manageable steps with sub-tasks and dependencies
Sub-tasks and dependencies show how all the pieces of your tasks and projects connect. You can scope out tasks, assign individual steps to your team members, and identify anything blocking your progress.
- How to use sub-tasks in your tasks database
- How to use dependencies in timeline view
- Sub-tasks and dependencies make it easier to manage your team’s work
- Ways to view subtasks and dependencies in a page
- You can use database sub-items in many different ways
When managing a busy team, your task database can become chaotic. Some tasks are quick and easy to complete, while others have a much broader scope and require many steps. Having all these tasks side by side gets confusing, and it’s hard to move forward when you’re unsure of what comes next.
If you find yourself with more than 50 rows in your tasks database, sub-tasks and dependencies can help you get a clearer picture of exactly what needs to get done by breaking big tasks down into smaller actions.
It’s easier to scope out the steps to complete a task, share the workload amongst your team by assigning specific steps to different team members, and define what needs to happen for a task to be marked “complete”.
You’ll quickly spot any tasks that are blocking your progress and need to get done before anything else.
Sub-tasks and dependencies are built using Notion’s relations properties. In this guide, we’ll explain how to easily get set up and use sub-tasks and dependencies for task management.
What are relation properties?