How do I get it to adjust for completed tasks?

[David Thielen]

Hi;

I marked the task assigned to a resource for today & tomorrow as 100%
done - but it still doesn't start the next task until Wednesday. How
do I get it to understand that completed tasks require no time?

thanks - dave

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[Jack Dahlgren MVP]

Enter the actual finish date for the task.

If it is done today, then set today as the actual finish.

-Jack Dahlgren

 

[David Thielen]

that did it -- except the task completed was part way down a list of
tasks and it then adjusted everything following to start today - even
though 2 preceeding tasks are not done.

My situation is that I have
Main task
+ sub task 1
+ + task 1
+ + task 2
+ + task 3
+ + task 4
+ + task 5
+ sub task 2

I have just set each to have the previous as a predecessor as I can't
figure out how to tell it to just allocate days where each resource
can only work 8 hours/day.

When I mark task 4 finished yesterday, but tasks 1, 2, & 3 still need
work, it starts task 5 today and sub task 2 tomorrow. Do I need to
re-do the predecessors when a task is completed prior to the ones
before it?

thanks - dave

Enter the actual finish date for the task.

If it is done today, then set today as the actual finish.

-Jack Dahlgren

david@[email protected]
Windward Reports -- http://www.WindwardReports.com
me -- http://dave.thielen.com

Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

You shouldn't set predecessors that aren't any: as you have discovered, that
creates tons of work during tracking.
You assign the resoreuce(s) to the task then use ResourceLeveling, which
will ensure resoruces aren't laoded more thatn the working hours.
HTH
--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf

 

[David Thielen]

Thank you - that mostly worked (new question below).

thanks - dave

Hi,

You shouldn't set predecessors that aren't any: as you have discovered, that
creates tons of work during tracking.
You assign the resoreuce(s) to the task then use ResourceLeveling, which
will ensure resoruces aren't laoded more thatn the working hours.
HTH

david@[email protected]
Windward Reports -- http://www.WindwardReports.com
me -- http://dave.thielen.com

Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Which question? )

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf

 

[David Thielen]

Which question? )

Re: How do I get it to take %done in to account?

thanks - dave

david@[email protected]
Windward Reports -- http://www.WindwardReports.com
me -- http://dave.thielen.com

Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm