How a hammock task is defined depends on the how the task is used in the
parent project.
Definition 1
The Project Management Institute defines a hammock as "An aggregate or
summary activity. All related activities are tied as one activity and
reported at the summary level". (Definition taken from the PMBOK - Project
Management Body Of Knowledge.) Based on this definition, you can use
Microsoft Project to create a hammock task by using the outlining feature
and the Project Summary Task feature.
Definition 2
A second definition for a hammock task is a task that will occur between two dates, neither of which necessarily correspond to the task's start or finish. In Microsoft Project, this type of task is generally depicted as a normal task having dependencies with a milestone representing the early date for the task start and a milestone representing the latest date that the task may conclude. The task may have dependencies other than those defined with the milestones.
Definition 3
Another definition for a hammock is a task that derives its start and
finish dates through links pasted from other tasks in the project. For
information about how to create this type of hammock task, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
141733
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/141733/EN-US/
)
How to Build a Hammock Task
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