Split tasks a splitting headache

[trailerpup]

Inherited another Project IMS. I am noticing right off that the previou
scheduler has been starting tasks without their FS preds completing
Yeah, it does show up as a spit bar in the gantt chart. But, does anyon
know a way to filter out just task that started before predecesso
completion? I'm dealing with several thousand lines. Thanks

 

[trailerpup]

Thanks for the speedy reply Trevor.

I just need to find all of the split tasks (not intentionally split,
but the "split gantt bars" that are induced under the conditions
described in my original post). Keep in mind that I am dealing with
several thousand lines. I have found ten in the first 200 tasks that
I've analyzed.

If I can filter out all tasks that have started before their FS preds
have completed I can group them by WBS and talk with individual CAMs
about our strategy for re-networking these tasks.

For the life of me I cannot figure a way to build a filter in MS
Project to just show the tasks in question (been here 12 hours, I'll
think on it some more tonight).

I thought perhaps one of our resident VB gurus would chime in.


....I'm still trying to sort the text color issue (the more I talk with
the old timers around here (vaunted, in my eyes) the more it seems as if
this is an issue in MSP 03... if you change the text color of a task you
lose the "auto" text color feature.

Yes I miss P3 and Artemis. But, with the help of this forum I may get
MSP licked sooner than later.

I'm rambling. Sorry. Thanks.

 

[JulieS]

Hi trailerpup,

I don't believe this is a complete answer, but if you look for tasks
with a negative Start Variance, that may help narrow things down. If
the tasks were initially linked in a F to S relationship the assumption
would be that if the tasks were based lined any task with a negative
start variance are tasks which started before they were scheduled. You
may also narrow things further through tasks with a finish variance.

Create a custom table with both the Actual Start and Actual Finish, %
complete, and start and finish variance fields.

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

Julie
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[Andrew Lavinsky]

Perhaps a calculation for incomplete tasks where ProjDateDiff([Stop],[Resume])>1
or something like that?

Just thinking....

- Andrew Lavinsky
Blog: http://blogs.catapultsystems.com/epm