start finish dependency

[Seveen]

when i link 2 tasks with a start finish

it starts the task following for the same date as the finish of the
predesscor task

for example: if task 1 finishes on friday, it starts task 2 on friday,
instead of monday

has anyone else had this problem?

 

[Seveen]

oops i meant the finish - start dependency

 

[JulieS]

Hello Seveen,

What time is task 1 finishing? If it finishes before the end of the
day on Friday, the successor task (task2) can start the same day. To
show time as well as dates, choose Tools > Options, View tab and
select a date format that shows time.

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

Julie
Project MVP

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[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

You may have a mismatch between the working times and the default
start/finish times.
To clarify what happens, Tools, Options, View, slect in Date Format the
upper one in the drop down list: see ih the time of day clarifies the
problem.
If it does, read FAQ 5 in
http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm

Hope this helps,

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Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
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http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf

 

[Seveen]

thanks you guys

i usually schedule projects in days

this project is scheduled in hours

so some task were ending during the day

allowing other tasks to start the same day

i will talk about this with the team

i usually schedule with a duration of the task

not the actual effort

thanks for your timely response!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[JulieS]

You're welcome Seveen and thanks for the feedback.

Julie
Project MVP

 

[Steve House]

Project ALWAYS tracks and calculates durations in minutes. It allows for
entry and display of durations in units of hours, days, weeks, months as a
matter of user convenience but it doesn't actually allow one to really use
those units as the basic scheduling unit. So in a very real sense, you
actually can't schedule in days at all. If you enter a task as having a 1
day duration using the default calendars and settings, it is recorded as
having a duration of 480.0 minutes. Depending on the working time calendar
that ultimately controls the task, it may or may not start and end on one
calendar day. If it starts at the start of the day, it will, but if its
predecessor finishes halfway through the workday, it will start then and end
midway through the next workday. If you assign it to a part-time person who
works 2 hours per day, that same 1-day duration task will start on a certain
day and end 4 workdays later because at 2 hours per day it take 4 days to
expend 1 duration day.

HTH