Types of Relationships 

The type of the relationship determines how the individual activities are linked with each other.

Finish - Start (FS) Relationship

This is the relationship between the end of an activity to the beginning of the following activity. In the graphic, the "assembly" activity cannot start before the "production" activity has finished.

Start - Start (SS) Relationship

This is the relationship between the beginning of an activity to the beginning of the following activity. In the figure, the "component procurement" activity cannot start before the "design" activity has started.

Finish - Finish (FF) Relationship

This is the relationship between the end of an activity to the end of the following activity. In the figure, the "work scheduling" activity cannot finish before the "design" activity has finished.

Start - Finish (SF) Relationship

Relationship from the beginning of an activity to the end of the following activity. In the figure, the "start-up" activity "start-up" cannot finish before the "inspection" activity has started.

SF relationships are seldom used in practice. You can usually change SF relationships to FS relationships by changing the sequence of the activities.