Individual Task Slack

[jmac60]

HI
Using 2003...is there a way to show slack between individual tasks and their
associated deadlines. I want to see how many days early/late a task is in
relatioin to it's deadline, not the overall project.

Thanks

 

[JulieS]

Hello jmac60,

In Project 2003 if you apply a deadline, the Total Slack for the
task will be calculated based upon that deadline. Apply the
Schedule table to view both Total Slack and Free Slack.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information about Microsoft Project

 

[jmac60]

JulieS ??? you response is blank

 

[JulieS]

How very odd.... I've copied it again below

In Project 2003 if you apply a deadline, the Total Slack for the
task will be calculated based upon that deadline. Apply the
Schedule table to view both Total Slack and Free Slack.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information about Microsoft Project

 

[jmac60]

thanks Julie....can't seem to make it work properly. I have a 50 day
subroutine and one of the tasks is showing 168 days of negative slack. I
thought maybe total slack was calculated from the project start date, which
is useles to me.
Regards,
John

 

[Dave]

You could insert a column (Duration1 say) and then customise it with the
formula:

ProfDateDiff( [Deadline] , [Finish] , "Standard" )

This will then show a negative value for early tasks and a positive
value for late ones (although you should get the "late" symbol in that
case).

 

[JulieS]

Hi John,

Assuming your project is scheduled from a fixed start date, total
slack is calculated by the forward pass (calculating early start,
early finish) and the backwards pass (calculating late start and
late finish). What values do you see in the Schedule table for late
start and late finish?

About the only way to see negative slack is to have a constraint or
missed deadline. I don't know what you mean by subroutine -- is
this series of tasks part of a master project?

Julie

 

[jmac60]

Thanks Julie...Sorry for the subroutine reference. left over from my coding
days. I guess the parlance is sub-tasks. I'll have to go back to basics and
research why I am getting unexpected negative slack values.

Regards
John

 

[JulieS]

Hi John,
Thanks for the clarification about subroutines. Negative total
slack is an indication of a missed deadline or missed constraint.

Julie

 

[jmac60]

Hi JulieS,
Do you have the ability/interest in conducting an over the wire class to
show me what I am doing wrong when updating project and getting all tyupes of
unexpected responses?

Thanks

 

[JulieS]

Hi John,

I don't quite know what you mean by an "over the wire class" , but
I'll try to help out where and how I can. I'm going to be offline
for tomorrow as I'll be traveling. If you'd like, send me a zipped
project file by email, let me know what's going on in detail and
I'll take a look once I get back on Thursday. Send the email to
prjng [AT] maine.rr.com.

Julie

 

[jmac60]

Thanks Julie...I'll send it along.

John

Hi John,

I don't quite know what you mean by an "over the wire class" , but
I'll try to help out where and how I can. I'm going to be offline
for tomorrow as I'll be traveling. If you'd like, send me a zipped
project file by email, let me know what's going on in detail and
I'll take a look once I get back on Thursday. Send the email to
prjng [AT] maine.rr.com.

Julie

Hi JulieS,
Do you have the ability/interest in conducting an over the wire
class to
show me what I am doing wrong when updating project and getting
all tyupes of
unexpected responses?

Thanks