Remove logic

[lhankg]

I am running a very large constrction project. The schedule was set using
logic review meetings. The dates for each tasks are part of subcontracts.
If I start putting in actual start dates it move several tasks (start dates)
that are linked to it. The schedules are several pages long and I don't see
all the changes. Can I remove the logic so that I would have a gantt that
shows start/actual start/actual finish/finsh and % complete without corupting
the other start dates?

 

[Steve House [MVP]]

Can you clarify? If a task is linked so it starts following a meeting and
the date the meeting is actually held differs from what was originally
planned, doesn't it make sense that the date you can start that task also
should change accordingly? If the meeting is held earlier than planned yet
the contract doesn't allow the follow-on task to begin any earlier, apply a
Start No Earlier Than constraint on the task to prevent it from being moved
earlier in the schedule. If the meeting is delayed, the follow-on task MUST
be delayed as well, contract be damned, because the fact a link exists at
all says that there is something about that meeting that makes it completely
impossible for the follow-on task to happen until the meeting has been held,
no options. If that's not true and the task *could* begin before the
meeting, remove the link because it shouldn't have been there in the first
place and set links with whatever it was that really does control the
follow-on task's beginning or set its start with a SNET constraint.

All too often people put in links because they *want* the meeting to happen
before the follow-on task. That's improper IMHO. A link means the task
CAN'T begin before the meeting is held, a totally different situation that
has nothing to do with one's desires for what the schedule should be. If
the meeting is late, the follow-on has to be late as well no matter what the
contract says.

Hope this helps...