% Complete in Lag time vs. Durations

[Goobie]

I have already done my lag time in days. Today I opened an existing
plan of someone else's and saw that some of their lag time had %
complete and some had days. Why would you want to do this?

Is there anyway I can change the % complete into days?
When I have tried it has been changing the task I am on...not the
succesor.

 

[Steve House]

Lag time with % complete????? Just what are you seeing? How were the lag
times created?

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Goobie,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

I'm afraid you're using terms I can't equate with your problem. Lag is introduced by you to prevent the next task from starting - it can't have a %complete. Can you re-phrase your question? Perhaps give an example?

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP
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I have already done my lag time in days. Today I opened an existing
plan of someone else's and saw that some of their lag time had %
complete and some had days. Why would you want to do this?

Is there anyway I can change the % complete into days?
When I have tried it has been changing the task I am on...not the
succesor.

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

It's not a %complete, but % of the predecessor's duration.
HTH

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[Jack Dahlgren MVP]

Lag can be specified in days or percentage. To edit/change double click the
link and change the value in the lag box. Or simply edit the percentage.

There are a few reasons to use percentage lag. It responds better to tasks
that you know have a variable duration for example, but in general I prefer
to keep things very simple and avoid putting any sort of lag on tasks.

-Jack Dahlgren
http://zo-d.com/blog

 

[Mike Glen]

Good grief! I'm still finding new things in Project. Good one Jack

Mike Glen
Project MVP


Lag can be specified in days or percentage. To edit/change double click the
link and change the value in the lag box. Or simply edit the percentage.

There are a few reasons to use percentage lag. It responds better to tasks
that you know have a variable duration for example, but in general I prefer
to keep things very simple and avoid putting any sort of lag on tasks.

-Jack Dahlgren
http://zo-d.com/blog

 

[Goobie]

I apologize. I meant the lag was a % not a % complete. If I change the
value in the lag box will it automatically turn the percent into a
duration?
And what do you mean by double click on link? Do you mean task?

 

[Jack Dahlgren MVP]

In the gantt chart, double click on the link between the two tasks.
Or look in the predecessors or successors field and edit there.

-Jack

 

[Goobie]

If I do that though I have to manually figure out what 10% equals in
duration though. And when I do that it is changing the pred date..not

 

[Jack Dahlgren MVP]

Yes, you will have to figure out what that lag should be. Beyond that you
need to know why there is a lag.
Project can't help you with that. This is one reason I would rather use a
dummy task instead of a lag.

-Jack

 

[Goobie]

This is my third day on the job & I am just trying to clean up a
Project Plan I inherited. LOL So guess I will have to go find the task
owners and get educated. I was hoping for an easy fix. LOL

 

[Jack Dahlgren MVP]

Unless you understand the tasks in the project your scheduling is
meaningless.

-Jack