Linking Tasks

[Paul Peterson - Velox Consulting, LLC]

I am having a bizarre problem - I'm seeing this in all of our plans so I
created a new plan to test this out. This is what is happening. I created
two tasks - Task 1 has a Start Date of 10/13, and the duration is 2 days.
Task 2 is linked to Task 1 and has a duration of 5 days. Even though they
are linked, Task 2 has a start date of 10/13 - it should have a start date of
10/15. I have no constraints, and the type of relationship is FS. I am so
confused as I've never seen this before. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

Paul C. Peterson.

 

[Jim Aksel]

Press F9 to recalculate the project.
Verify calculations are set to automatic: Tools/Options... pull the
Calculations tab and select automatic calcuations.

See if that helps, if not there is a whole crew here to help you.
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[Paul Peterson - Velox Consulting, LLC]

Jim, I can't believe it was that easy - the calc tab had the manual
re-calculation radio button set but I haven't re-set it. And, to make it
more interesting, I am in Nashville and one of my project managers is in
Virginia working on a completely different version of MS Project - he's using
2007. And, his was also re-set to manual. How can this happen? The only
thing I can think of is that we are using MS Project in conjunction with
Clarity (CAs pm software) - we are using MS Project as the UI. Maybe Clarity
set this option - very strange.

Anyway, thanks a lot for your help - I was pulling my hair out. BTW, who is
the team you are referring to?

 

[Jim Aksel]

The "team" is the entire online community that reads this newsgroup. If you
frequent "this place" you will find the usual posters. It's not like there
is a group of us sitting in cubicles somewhere.

This entire online community consists of volunteers who answer questions.
Although this forum is a Microsoft invention, no one here is a Microsoft
employee... we all have reqular jobs and do this for the purpose of assisting
others.

Thank you for the kind feedback. "We" are here when needed...
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