jpas1954
Mon Oct 31 11:19:48 CST 2005
>That's very strange behaviour. Are you scheduling tasks to start ASAP?
Yes. If I enter a new task, it says â??As Soon As Possible.â??
>From start date forward?
Yes
>Predecessor linked to the task in question FS?
Yes. I have several and they are all FS
>"Tasks obey constraint dates" turned on?
Yes
>If all that's true, the task that
was giving you problems should start on either the first working moment
after its predecessor finishes or the constraint date, whichever is later.
>Something else must be going on you've overlooked mentioning.
I dunno. Maybe itâ??s just me Iâ??ve always found Project to be a little quirky
like this. I can usually solve a problem but it seems to invariably involve
taking a task out and putting it back in.
"Steve House [Project MVP]" wrote:
> That's very strange behaviour. Are you scheduling tasks to start ASAP?
> From start date forward? Predecessor linked to the task in question FS?
> "Tasks obey constraint dates" turned on? If all that's true, the task that
> was giving you problems should start on either the first working moment
> after its predecessor finishes or the constraint date, whichever is later.
> Something else must be going on you've overlooked mentioning.
> --
> Steve House [MVP]
> MS Project Trainer & Consultant
> Visit
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>
>
>
> "jpas1954" <jpas1954@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E5D365C9-E910-424C-B2DF-AE072C399A46@microsoft.com...
> > Excellent piece of advice. I opened up a new project, put one task in and
> > gave it the constraint. Worked like a charm. So what I did in my project
> > is
> > this: Deleted one of the tasks and put it back in WITHOUT a predecessor.
> > Then
> > I put the task in, gave it the constraint - which it took - and then added
> > the predecessor back in. So, somehow the predecessor being their first
> > "won"
> > and forced it back to the earlier date. Anyway, thanks much.
> >
> > "Mike Glen" wrote:
> >
> >> hi jpas1954,
> >>
> >> It should do what you expected. The only other setting is in
> >> Tools/Options.../Schedule tab where should check to ensure "tasks will
> >> always honour their constraint dates". I'm not confident that that will
> >> fix
> >> your problem. If not, try it on a trial project to see if you get the
> >> same
> >> results. If the trial works as it should, try to find the differnces
> >> between your two projects.
> >>
> >>
> >> Mike Glen
> >> Project MVP
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> wrote:
> >> > I wasn't aware that that had to be set at Automatic. But yeah, it is
> >> > set that way and it's making no difference. I tried Calculate Now for
> >> > fun but it didn't make any difference either. :-(
> >> >
> >> > "Mike Glen" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi jpas1954 ,
> >> >>
> >> >> Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)
> >> >>
> >> >> Checg Tools/Options.../Calculation tab that it's set to Automatic.
> >> >>
> >> >> FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be
> >> >> seen at this web address:
http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm
> >> >>
> >> >> Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :)
> >> >>
> >> >> Mike Glen
> >> >> MS Project MVP
> >> >>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>> I am setting up a schedule in Project 2003. Within it are a couple
> >> >>> of tasks that must start no earlier than Feb. 2, 2006. I have gone
> >> >>> into the 'Advanced' tab and set them that way. Perhaps there's
> >> >>> something fundamentally flawed about my understanding of this, but
> >> >>> I can't see where that's reflected anywhere in the schedule. Next
> >> >>> to the tasks are an icon indicating the constraint. But the start
> >> >>> date of the tasks is the next day after the predecessor, as if I'd
> >> >>> never set it. And if I look at the 'To-Do' view, I see these tasks
> >> >>> needing to get done on the early date not the constrained date.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I would have expected that Project would push the 'Start' date out
> >> >>> to equal with the Constraint date. If it doesn't do that - and it
> >> >>> shows up in the earlier date in reports - what good is using it? Is
> >> >>> there some setting I have to adjust?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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