Re: Where to put tasks that cannot be scheduled yet?

You don't schedule the work on tasks, MS Project does. It's job is to tell you when you ought to be doing the work - let it do its job. Update the tasks that have been completed with actual date where they were done. Link your tasks into a proper dependency relationship where it applies. Assign your resources. Run the resource leveling tool to resolve the overallocations. Project will schedule the tasks still to be worked for you, placing them on dates that gets the project done soonest. Go the the resources and tell them those are the dates they need to be doing these tasks.
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"Burnley81" <Burnley81@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:699EE7E2-AD64-48B9-B92F-27C5786AD98F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have plenty of project plans - and one I have if basically a odd jobs plan.
I have tasks in there where most are scheduled - a few though have no dates
- everything else is complete for these tasks, resource, duration etc.
Currently they sit at the start of the plan - dated 01/01/09.
Unfortunately the resource usage shows them as being over allocated in work
on this day. I cannot have this as the Master Plan must not show over
allocation.

The only way I can find at present to overcome this is reduce the duration
to "0" and put notes in the Task Allocation for the real duration - so that I
can update when it does come to scheduling this work.
Is there an easier way of not scheduling work - and not affecting resource
allocation?
Thanks


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