linked tasks to be finished before another task

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Hi, I have a series of linked tasks, say 101 to 105 with 1 day durations, and
I want to set the dependancies such that the last one finishes 2 days before
a separate milestone task, task 106. How do I do it so that task 1
automatically starts on the correct day, i.e. 7 days before 106. I don't
want to set 101 to start specifically 7 days before 106 as I want to be able
to change the durations for 101 to 105 and have the dates corrected
automatically.

Many thanks, Colin
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Re: linked tasks to be finished before another task by Jan

Jan
Wed Mar 19 13:05:16 CDT 2008



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"Colin-online" <Colinonline@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2265FE2E-CB46-45EC-8102-35A5A01BB9D8@microsoft.com...
> Hi, I have a series of linked tasks, say 101 to 105 with 1 day durations,
> and
> I want to set the dependancies such that the last one finishes 2 days
> before
> a separate milestone task, task 106. How do I do it so that task 1
> automatically starts on the correct day, i.e. 7 days before 106. I don't
> want to set 101 to start specifically 7 days before 106 as I want to be
> able
> to change the durations for 101 to 105 and have the dates corrected
> automatically.
>
> Many thanks, Colin


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Re: linked tasks to be finished before another task by Jan

Jan
Wed Mar 19 13:06:34 CDT 2008

Hi,

If you can fix the date of task 106, link everything FS and set the
constraint for 101-105 to As Late As Possible.
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"Colin-online" <Colinonline@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2265FE2E-CB46-45EC-8102-35A5A01BB9D8@microsoft.com...
> Hi, I have a series of linked tasks, say 101 to 105 with 1 day durations,
> and
> I want to set the dependancies such that the last one finishes 2 days
> before
> a separate milestone task, task 106. How do I do it so that task 1
> automatically starts on the correct day, i.e. 7 days before 106. I don't
> want to set 101 to start specifically 7 days before 106 as I want to be
> able
> to change the durations for 101 to 105 and have the dates corrected
> automatically.
>
> Many thanks, Colin


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Re: linked tasks to be finished before another task by Trivikram

Trivikram
Wed Mar 19 22:11:01 CDT 2008

Hi Jan,

How good is to have the inflexible constraint of "Must Finish on" on some
task.

Thanks,
3vikram...

"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> If you can fix the date of task 106, link everything FS and set the
> constraint for 101-105 to As Late As Possible.
> --
> Jan De Messemaeker
> Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
> +32 495 300 620
> For availability check:
> http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
> "Colin-online" <Colinonline@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2265FE2E-CB46-45EC-8102-35A5A01BB9D8@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, I have a series of linked tasks, say 101 to 105 with 1 day durations,
> > and
> > I want to set the dependancies such that the last one finishes 2 days
> > before
> > a separate milestone task, task 106. How do I do it so that task 1
> > automatically starts on the correct day, i.e. 7 days before 106. I don't
> > want to set 101 to start specifically 7 days before 106 as I want to be
> > able
> > to change the durations for 101 to 105 and have the dates corrected
> > automatically.
> >
> > Many thanks, Colin
>
>
>
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Re: linked tasks to be finished before another task by Colinonline

Colinonline
Thu Mar 20 04:45:01 CDT 2008

Many thanks Jan, however, that only get's me part way there. It does give me
the following:

1 Tasks 1-50 50 days Thu 20 Mar '08 Mon 12 May '08 As Soon As Possible
2
3 Task 101 1 day Wed 07 May '08 Wed 07 May '08 As Late As Possible
4 Task 102 1 day Wed 07 May '08 Thu 08 May '08 As Late As
Possible 3
5 Task 103 1 day Thu 08 May '08 Fri 09 May '08 As Late As
Possible 4
6 Task 104 1 day Fri 09 May '08 Mon 12 May '08 As Late As
Possible 5
7 Task 105 1 day Mon 12 May '08 Mon 12 May '08 As Late As
Possible 6
8
9 Task 106 0 days Mon 12 May '08 Mon 12 May '08 As Late As
Possible 1,7

However, what I'd like is for Task 105 to finish 2 days before 106, i.e. Thu
08 May '08. Please bear in mind that Tasks 1-50 control task 106 and their
durations can change.

Thanks, Colin


"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> If you can fix the date of task 106, link everything FS and set the
> constraint for 101-105 to As Late As Possible.
> --
> Jan De Messemaeker
> Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
> +32 495 300 620
> For availability check:
> http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
> "Colin-online" <Colinonline@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2265FE2E-CB46-45EC-8102-35A5A01BB9D8@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, I have a series of linked tasks, say 101 to 105 with 1 day durations,
> > and
> > I want to set the dependancies such that the last one finishes 2 days
> > before
> > a separate milestone task, task 106. How do I do it so that task 1
> > automatically starts on the correct day, i.e. 7 days before 106. I don't
> > want to set 101 to start specifically 7 days before 106 as I want to be
> > able
> > to change the durations for 101 to 105 and have the dates corrected
> > automatically.
> >
> > Many thanks, Colin
>
>
>
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Re: linked tasks to be finished before another task by Jan

Jan
Thu Mar 20 08:50:32 CDT 2008

The linl 105-106 then should have a lag of 2 days.
Go to 106' s task information, Predecessors, to set the lag.
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"Colin-online" <Colinonline@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4E6CA176-AFB8-4DFF-B477-9033E0B99326@microsoft.com...
> Many thanks Jan, however, that only get's me part way there. It does give
> me
> the following:
>
> 1 Tasks 1-50 50 days Thu 20 Mar '08 Mon 12 May '08 As Soon As
> Possible
> 2
> 3 Task 101 1 day Wed 07 May '08 Wed 07 May '08 As Late As
> Possible
> 4 Task 102 1 day Wed 07 May '08 Thu 08 May '08 As Late As
> Possible 3
> 5 Task 103 1 day Thu 08 May '08 Fri 09 May '08 As Late As
> Possible 4
> 6 Task 104 1 day Fri 09 May '08 Mon 12 May '08 As Late As
> Possible 5
> 7 Task 105 1 day Mon 12 May '08 Mon 12 May '08 As Late As
> Possible 6
> 8
> 9 Task 106 0 days Mon 12 May '08 Mon 12 May '08 As Late As
> Possible 1,7
>
> However, what I'd like is for Task 105 to finish 2 days before 106, i.e.
> Thu
> 08 May '08. Please bear in mind that Tasks 1-50 control task 106 and
> their
> durations can change.
>
> Thanks, Colin
>
>
> "Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> If you can fix the date of task 106, link everything FS and set the
>> constraint for 101-105 to As Late As Possible.
>> --
>> Jan De Messemaeker
>> Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
>> +32 495 300 620
>> For availability check:
>> http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
>> "Colin-online" <Colinonline@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:2265FE2E-CB46-45EC-8102-35A5A01BB9D8@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi, I have a series of linked tasks, say 101 to 105 with 1 day
>> > durations,
>> > and
>> > I want to set the dependancies such that the last one finishes 2 days
>> > before
>> > a separate milestone task, task 106. How do I do it so that task 1
>> > automatically starts on the correct day, i.e. 7 days before 106. I
>> > don't
>> > want to set 101 to start specifically 7 days before 106 as I want to be
>> > able
>> > to change the durations for 101 to 105 and have the dates corrected
>> > automatically.
>> >
>> > Many thanks, Colin
>>
>>
>>


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