C
Chan
Hope this finds you guys well. I created this project plan for our
management team. There have been some issues that need to be resolved.
Basically, I have 35 subprojects created and saved separately. Then, I
created a master project file that has 35 subprojects inserted. Each
subproject represents a development of a house plan which shows work flow of
architectural, estimating, bidding, and cost control departments. Duration
of each subproject is 65 days. The start dates of each inserted subproject
are two weeks apart. The layout of this master project is shown below:
2006 Projects -- 262 days -- Start (Fri 2/17/06) -- Finish (2/27/07) as a
master project
Pembroke-----65 days --- Start (Fri 2/17/06) --- Finish (5/18/06) as
inserted subproject #1
- Activities of Architectural Dept.
- Activities of Purchasing Dept.
- Activities of Estimating Dept.
- Activities of Cost Control Dept.
Somerset ----65 days --- Start (Fri 3/3/06) --- Finish (6/1/06) as inserted
subproject #2
Piedmont --- 65 days --- Start (Fri 3/17/06) --- Finish (6/15/06) as
inserted subproject #3
Chastain --- 65 days --- Start (Fri 3/31/06) --- Finish (6/29/06) as
inserted subproject #4
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Regency --- 65 days --- Start (Fri 3/3/06) --- Finish (6/1/06) as inserted
subproject #35
I have not saved a baseline to this project, which I know I should have done
so. We have been adding a lot of information to the file. Some subprojects
have been tracked as far as ongoing activities and completion. One of the
major issues I have is after I open a project, everything looks fine.
Typically, it shows 2 layers, the master project names and 35 names of each
subprojects are shown below. Everything still looks fine until I click
expand a subproject. Right away, there are changes of start dates of several
subprojects below the one that was expanded. I think by clicking expand to
see subtasks of a subproject without changing anything else should not effect
nor change start dates of other subproject. What strange is when I click
expand subprojects that the start dates get messed up, sometimes, it puts the
original dates back. However, I have to keep repeating this process to all
of the subprojects below, one at a time. After updating desired information,
I click okay to “save to all†and close. It gets more interesting when I
reopen the file and click expand to view subproject just like I explained
above, same issue would come up again. The thing is after things get messed
up I cannot just ignore it. I have to keep working it until everything
looks right before I save and close. Or, I have to close without saving
anything. This subsequent option is not realistic since I have to save all
updates to the file. This has been frustrated to me and the management team
because they feel the information keep changing from the time it was last
saved. I think I have been quite thorough with the situation. If you need
more explanation for anything else that would help you help us resolve this
issue please let me know. Thank you. Chan
management team. There have been some issues that need to be resolved.
Basically, I have 35 subprojects created and saved separately. Then, I
created a master project file that has 35 subprojects inserted. Each
subproject represents a development of a house plan which shows work flow of
architectural, estimating, bidding, and cost control departments. Duration
of each subproject is 65 days. The start dates of each inserted subproject
are two weeks apart. The layout of this master project is shown below:
2006 Projects -- 262 days -- Start (Fri 2/17/06) -- Finish (2/27/07) as a
master project
Pembroke-----65 days --- Start (Fri 2/17/06) --- Finish (5/18/06) as
inserted subproject #1
- Activities of Architectural Dept.
- Activities of Purchasing Dept.
- Activities of Estimating Dept.
- Activities of Cost Control Dept.
Somerset ----65 days --- Start (Fri 3/3/06) --- Finish (6/1/06) as inserted
subproject #2
Piedmont --- 65 days --- Start (Fri 3/17/06) --- Finish (6/15/06) as
inserted subproject #3
Chastain --- 65 days --- Start (Fri 3/31/06) --- Finish (6/29/06) as
inserted subproject #4
*
*
*
Regency --- 65 days --- Start (Fri 3/3/06) --- Finish (6/1/06) as inserted
subproject #35
I have not saved a baseline to this project, which I know I should have done
so. We have been adding a lot of information to the file. Some subprojects
have been tracked as far as ongoing activities and completion. One of the
major issues I have is after I open a project, everything looks fine.
Typically, it shows 2 layers, the master project names and 35 names of each
subprojects are shown below. Everything still looks fine until I click
expand a subproject. Right away, there are changes of start dates of several
subprojects below the one that was expanded. I think by clicking expand to
see subtasks of a subproject without changing anything else should not effect
nor change start dates of other subproject. What strange is when I click
expand subprojects that the start dates get messed up, sometimes, it puts the
original dates back. However, I have to keep repeating this process to all
of the subprojects below, one at a time. After updating desired information,
I click okay to “save to all†and close. It gets more interesting when I
reopen the file and click expand to view subproject just like I explained
above, same issue would come up again. The thing is after things get messed
up I cannot just ignore it. I have to keep working it until everything
looks right before I save and close. Or, I have to close without saving
anything. This subsequent option is not realistic since I have to save all
updates to the file. This has been frustrated to me and the management team
because they feel the information keep changing from the time it was last
saved. I think I have been quite thorough with the situation. If you need
more explanation for anything else that would help you help us resolve this
issue please let me know. Thank you. Chan