Absolutely else princip of inserting subtasks

[Vitek]

Hallo All

How can I do following?

A resource got Task1 (50h). He wants to be able to insert subtasks,
BUT:
When he inserts Subtask1 with Work=5, he doesnt want to get a change
that Task1 has 55h now. He wants to get Task1=50h.

Commonly the inserting new tasks add hours. I want to insert new tasks
without affecting Work field, moving project(tasks) dates and so on.

Is it ever possible? And how about P03?

I have P2002+Server, hours/day tracking.


Thank you even for negative answers.

Vitek
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Vitek,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

If you have 3 tasks and you indent the last two, the first one become a
Summary task measuring the working time between the beginning of the first
sub-task to the end of the last sub-task. If you then insert another
sub-task, the summary will only expand if the new task starts earlier or
finishes later than the original two. That's how it works and you cannot
change that! Make sure you're not confusing Work with Duration - see Help.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: <http://www.mvps.org/project/>

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

 

[Sarah]

Vitek,

When you insert a subtask, by default, the task under which you
inserted it becomes a summary task, and therefore summarizes the
information contained in its subtasks. To avoid the behavior you
described below, do not insert subtasks under a task that already has
a resource assigned to it. Subtasks should only be inserted under
already existing summary tasks. My method was to have a generic task
to which all resources were assigned, with zero hours, and have them
suggest possible new tasks there. In most cases, the tasks they were
suggesting already existed in the plan, just named differently than
the resoure thought. So I would discuss this with them, then put their
reported time with the correct existing task.

Sarah
(Sarah_Kiko@(removethis)cinfin.com

 

[Vitek]

Thank you all for up to now help!!!

Today morning I was trying to use your suggestions in Project and my
boss came. He told us that the yesterday top-management appointment
made a decision that.... project of implementing MS Project in the
company is.... STOPPED!

This means I (and all co-workers) have finished with it!

But not absolutely. Now I must write my diploma work about MS Project.
I will engage with MSP from scratch but from time to time I blink to
this group.

I have to say that this information source belong to elite. This group
has cleared me out many vaguenesses!

Thank you.

So I am saying good bye. (partly)
Vitek
(e-mail address removed)

P.S. Another branch I am just assignated to is: SharePoint Team
Service.

Bye