#011 | Make Your Tasks Think for Themselves

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Notion Kit #011 | Make Your Tasks Think for Themselves

Here’s a powerful Notion feature that almost no one talks about:

Task dependencies.

Used right, they turn your project timeline into a living, breathing system —

Where task delays shift downstream work automatically, and your plan adjusts itself.

This week’s Kit shows you how to:

• Create dependencies between tasks

• See them in action inside Timeline View

• Quickly adjust your dependency behavior when plans change (because they always do)

Watch Video Tutorial (<4 mins):

🛠 How to Set Up Task Dependencies in Notion:

1. Open your database and click the ••• menu at the top right → Customize → Dependencies.

2. Select “Turn on dependencies.”

3. Pick one of these automation settings:

   • Shift only when dates overlap

   • Shift & maintain time between items

   • Do not automatically shift

4. Decide if you want to prevent tasks from shifting onto weekends.

🔧 Adjusting Dependencies Later On

Plans change. Deadlines shift. Here’s how to update your logic:

1. Go to your database → ••• → Customize → Dependencies

2. Change the dependency behavior (e.g., stop weekend shifts or maintain time gaps)

😏 Steal the exact setup from the tutorial video → Duplicate Internal Training Template

📌 Why This Feature Feels Like Magic

Dependencies don’t just connect tasks.

They create logic between them.

If one task slips, its children adjust.

You’re not babysitting every due date anymore—you’re building a system that adapts to you.

🔄 This Notion Kit Stacks Well With:

• Notion Kit #008 | How to Tame Your Task Database (Subtasks)

  • Make other subtasks dependent upon completing other ones

    • This combination truly creates a living, breathing task database!

• Notion Kit #010 | Turn your Task List into a Timeline View

  • Click, connect, and create task dependencies in Timeline View with adjustable arrows that connect to each task (it’s fun too)

💡 Micro-Win From the Community

Julian stopped missing vendor requests (and started looking like a rockstar): Julian works in BizOps at a mid-sized fintech company.

His team had a habit of missing vendor requests hidden in their intake database—until he set up a Slack automation using Notion Kit #009.

👉 Learn how Julian integrated Slack with Notion and built an automation that alerts him in Slack whenever a new database row is added → Notion Kit #009 – Slack Notifications Made Easy

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Reply to this email with your Micro-Win or shoot me a summary at [email protected] 🚀 

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