Better Notification - Please Help!

[SMAMurrayPM]

In our environment, successor tasks should never start until a predecessor
task is complete. We have a scenario where a predecessor task may not be
complete by the time the successor task's start date.

Is there a way to have Project automatically move a task when there is no
time reported for it on a day?

For example: I work on Task A on Monday and report 7 hours. On Tuesday, I'm
pulled off to something else. I don't report time on Task A. Can project
automatically split my task to resume on Wednesday?

Ultimately it would be nice for no notifications to go out to my "successor"
resources until a predecessor task is %100 complete. Right now we solve that
kind of thing with our support ticket tracking database. It handles our
workflows without dates. The problem with that ticket tracking flow is that
it is serial. I need multiple people to start work upon completion of a
predecessor task.

Thanks for your help!

 

[Dominic Moss]

I assume you have dependencies defined - to address your requirement have
you looked at the option in Tools> Tracking > Update Project - in the
displayed dialogue box there is an option to "Reschedule uncompleted work to
start after:" you then specify the date.

This would have the effect of re-scheduling incomplete work, the downside is
that if you have resources assigned and are using e-mail notifications on
publishing information to the Server they will receive an update.

I hope this helps you.
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[SMAMurrayPM]

Thank you Dominic,

That should help. Now I just need to find a way to automate it. I figure
I'll record a macro and then try to schedule it with a command line interface
of some kind.

I appreciate the help!

 

[Kevin W Flanagan]

Just curious, were you ever able to automate this process? How did you do it?

Kevin