Task does not start the following day but the same day

[Marke]

Hello,

I have several tasks where they are dependant on each other. The start date
for each task (not including the first one) starts on the same day the
previous tasks ends. I want to automatically make sure each new task starts
the following day teh previous tasks ends. I tried everything from changing
task types (ie: fixed Duration, Fixed work), taking out resources that have 0
hrs. Nothing seems to work. Does anyone know what is going on??

Task name - Work - Actual Work - Duration - Start - Finish
Review of Beta Release 0 hrs 0 hrs 2 days Tue 5/3/05 Wed 5/4/05
Beta Changes (CRW) 74 hrs 0 hrs 8 days Wed 5/4/05 Tue 5/17/05
Beta QAP Verification (IRW) 12 hrs 0 hrs 1 day Tue 5/17/05 Wed 5/18/05
Package / Deploy / Release Notes 10 hrs 0 hrs 2 days Wed 5/18/05 Fri 5/20/05


Any advice would be helpful!!

 

[JulieS]

Hi Marke,

Check the start and end times for the tasks. To display time, go to
Tools>Options, View tab. Set a date display that shows time as well as
dates.
My guess is there is a mis-match between your project calendar (Tools>Change
Working Time) and the definition of how many hours are in a "day" as set in
Tools>Options, Calendar tab.

For example, if you have left your project calendar to a working day of
08:00 to 17:00 with an hour for lunch, Project will schedule tasks for 8
hours per day. If in Tools>Options, Calendar tab the number of hours in a
day is set to 7.50, the first task will end at 16:00 on 5/4/05 and the
second task will start at 16:00 on 5/4/05.

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

 

[regattagirl]

I had something similar to this happen when a resource in the path was only
available on the first half of the day. So it didn't indicate the half day
at the beginning correctly and thus didn't at the end.

Also if you want to make a copy of it, replace the real task and resource
names with fake ones....you can send it to me and I'll take a look at it????
(e-mail address removed)