Reschedule Unstarted tasks - dont like the constraint

[Hadi]

Hello Experts,

I like to use the "Reschedule Uncompleted work" command in MS Project but i
have two problems with it.
1- I dont want to reschedule tasks that have already started. I only want
to do so for unstarted tasks (Actual Start = NA)
2- I dont like the fact that Project assigns a constraint for the tasks. is
there a way (probably a macro) that can push the task to the desired
date(data date) by extending its predecessor(s) duration. That is one of the
distinctions between Primavera and microsoft Project. Primavera will not let
you keep an unstarted task in the past.

help is always appreciated.

 

[DavidC]

Hadi,

A couple of comments/questions please.

1 How do you identify the impact of delay on your project if you do not
reschedule started but not yet complete activities that are not progressing
to schedule? The beauty of rescheduling the tasks is that any task that is
delayed or starting earlier will give you a picture of the impact on
milestones and end dates.

2 I understand your concerns regarding the imposition of a constraint date
onto a taks that should have started before the status date but hasn't,
however that should not pose any sort of an issue, since what is past cannot
be undone, so why not simply let the task show as not able to start any
earlier than the status date at the time you reschedule. After all the task
cannot start any earleir now since the time has passed.

Regards

DavidC