Re: Predecessors and durations

Hi Marta,

My comments are embedded.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information
about Microsoft Project


"Marta" <Marta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi, Julie,

Here's the thing: I didn't enter any start dates originally; instead,
I just
entered durations for the tasks. When I got your question, I inserted
a
column named "Start", so that it would show me the start dates for
each task:
I am assuming that these have been calculated by the programme itself
given
the durations (as I didn't enter them), but it is indeed showing start
dates
for every single task in the project.

[Julie] Sorry for not being more clear.

You are correct, Project *should* be calculating the start dates and
finish dates for each task. The start date (and finish dates) for tasks
are based upon a number of factors: project start date set in Project >
Project Information; the project calendar as defined in Tools > Change
working time and set in Project > Project Information; dependency
relationships; lead or lag; task constraints; task calendars; resource
calendars; to name a few.

My question to you was about the *Actual* Start date. If you insert the
field [Actual Start] into a table is there data in the field or does the
field say "NA"?

Incidently, both the predecessor and the successors have the same
start
date, and I am not sure why (I would have assumed that, if the
programme
calculated them, it would do so using both the durations and the
dependencies).

[Julie] True, it should be but Actual Start dates change the Start date
of a task.

Should I be deleting all the start dates? And if so, how do I do that?

[Julie] You can't delete start dates for tasks. But if there is an
*Actual* start date, you may find all resolves itself after deleting
that date.

Thanks!
m

[Julie] You're welcome Marta. I hope this helps and let us know if
there are any Actual Start dates.

Julie
"JulieS" wrote:

Hi Marta,

Does the successor task have an actual start date?

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information
about Microsoft Project


"Marta" <Marta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks, Dave. Unfortunately, no lags at all. I am completely
baffled
about
this.

Cheers,
m

"davegb" wrote:


Marta wrote:
Thanks, Steve. I had forgotten to say that I had tried that
already. I have
been through all of the previous answers to similar questions
and
tried
everything I saw.

cheers,
m

Have you checked to see that there is no 1 day lead time between
the
pred and the succ? If not, just double click in the link between
the
tasks and look on the lower right to see if there's a -1 in the
"Lag"
field.

Hope this helps in your world.

"Steve House" wrote:

First thing to check, go to the Tools menu, Options,
Calculation
tab, top of
the page, and make sure calculation is set to Automatic.

HTH
--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

"Marta" <Marta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have created a plan with a number of dependencies. However,
when I show
the
Gantt chart, only some of them seem to be accounted for. For
instance, my
task 2 has an overall duration of 8 days, and it's dependent
on
task 1,
which
lasts 1 day and starts at 8am on 6/3/06. However, my Gant
Chart
shows the
dependency line between tasks 1 and 2, but task 2 starts at
the
exact same
time and date as task 1.

I have checked that they are all Finish to Start. I have
made
sure that
all
Tasks were set to "Start as soon as possible" by removing
Start/Finish
dates
and setting the Task information to that particular setting.
I
have
checked
the calendar to make sure it was set to the default 8
hr.days,
etc. I have
checked that task duration is given in days and not hours or
any other
unit.

I don't know what else to do. Please, help. Many thanks,
Marta









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