Constraining a task to happen on the first Tuesday after another t

[Clifford Middleton]

If my plan contains two tasks, A and B, each lasting one day, can I link them
so that B will happen on the first Tuesday after A finishes? Or the second
Wednesday after? Or, in general, the nth particular day of the week after?!
Many thanks.

C.

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi Clifford,

Here's the way to go for the first xxxday after.
Say Wadnesday.
Create (Tools, Change Working time, new) a calendar that has one hour of
working time somewhere in the middle of the night from Tue to Wed.
Create a task with a duration of one hour and attach the calendar just made,
to it (let's call it M for midnight task)
Now link A-M-B

As for the Nth wednesday
Make thelink A-M with a lag of (N-1) weeks.
HTH

 

[Clifford Middleton]

Just what I was looking for! Thank you so much, Jan.

By the way, is there any way automatically to get B to happen on the second
Wednesday after A if there are fewer than five days between A and the first
Wednesday after? Being able to do this would be so helpful!

C.




--
Clifford Middleton
Project Manager from UK

Hi Clifford,

Here's the way to go for the first xxxday after.
Say Wadnesday.
Create (Tools, Change Working time, new) a calendar that has one hour of
working time somewhere in the middle of the night from Tue to Wed.
Create a task with a duration of one hour and attach the calendar just made,
to it (let's call it M for midnight task)
Now link A-M-B

As for the Nth wednesday
Make thelink A-M with a lag of (N-1) weeks.
HTH

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

I think the method I gave caters for this.

--
Jan De Messemaeker, Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/
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Just what I was looking for! Thank you so much, Jan.

By the way, is there any way automatically to get B to happen on the second
Wednesday after A if there are fewer than five days between A and the first
Wednesday after? Being able to do this would be so helpful!

C.

 

[Clifford Middleton]

Hi Jan,

Actually, I don't think my second question was clear. I'm producing a
template project plan. Task A is 'Submit paper for managers' meeting' and
task B is the meeting. What I'm trying to do is get my template to reflect
the rule there is in my organisation that all papers for this managers'
meeting (which recurs every Tuesday) must be submitted by 5pm on the
preceding Tuesday. Therefore, if my template schedules task A on a Monday or
Tuesday in one case, task B should be scheduled for the following Tuesday
(you've solved this problem!). BUT if my template schedules A on a
Wednesday, Thursday or Friday in another case, then it should schedule B for
the Tuesday after next as the deadline for next Tuesday's meeting will have
been missed.

Many thanks.

Clifford

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

I still maintain that if you use a link with a lag of one week this gives
the right result in either case.
HTH

 

[Clifford Middleton]

You are of course right, Jan. I've just tried the experiment. Sorry for
being so dim!!

Thank you so much for your help.

Best Wishes,

Clifford