Re: Delaying a task

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Hasn't this been discussed many times?
Or have I missed something?
Was it fixed while I wasn't looking?

Hasn't it been noted that ALAP in MSP will soak up all of the float in all
of the Task's non-critical successors.

All that's needed is a constraint which sets the ES equal to the LS so that
the Task that we're interested in gives up all of its free slack (float).

MSP doesn't have it. MSP's ALAP is too strong and there is no alternative
(except P* which does have a zero free float and zero total float
constraint).

"John" <mjensen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:mjensen-6264F7.13093212052006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In article <70B32771-A782-493E-9B1E-B6F29DF02DE2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
txtoto <txtoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

How do I delay a task to the maximum amount without shifting the task
it's
linked to?

txtoto,
By not impacting the task it's linked to I assume you mean not slipping
the successor. Set a constraint of "As late as possible".

John
Project MVP


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