Sub-Task Problems

[Brian]

I am brand new to Project 2007.

I want to create a main project and list the subtasks related to it and
every time I indent a new sub-task, it changes the main start/end date and
wont let me change it back. Am I handling sub-tasks the wrong way?

Thanks,
Brian

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

This is how Project works.
Summary tasks last frolmm the start of the first subtask till the end of the
last one.
You CANNOT set Start, Finish or duration of a summary task; these are
calculated values.
Hope this helps

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[Brian]

Hmmm...OK...I'll play around with it more...

What I was needing to do (and maybe project can't do it) is to have a
project that starts today and runs until December 21st with individual
sub-tasks within the grand project due at different times.)

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

Of course project can do it.
Make a milestone task (0 duration) underneath your summary task and give it
the constraint must finish on 21/12; your summary task now ends 21/12.

But Project isn't meant to receive start and end times, it is meant to
CALCULATE these rfrom links between taks, constraints, etc.
HTH
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Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf