How would you explain to a project team member what a dependency relationship was between two tasks and why it

Question

was important

Answer 1

Its like " we won't be able to do the second thing until we get the first thing done."

Its like you can't drive the car, until after you have started it.

Its like you can't program the input and output until after you've decided on the general layout of the program.

Its like you can't butter the toast until after it comes out of the toaster.

etc.