Trending @Accenture; Difference between Future Soft Lock & Hard Lock ??

Hard lock means you are tied to the project and cannot change project before release date. Future soft lock means they tie you to a project based on your release date of your current project and is subjected to change of project but it usually doesn't change.

Say you are in project 'A' and the release date is 31st July, they will initially soft lock you to project 'B' from 1st August onwards. If your release date from 'A' say gets extended from 31st July to 31st Oct, then you will still be tied to 'A' till 31st Oct and the soft lock will be released from 'B' and after 31st Oct release, they will hard lock you to another project 'C',where you will have to work.