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How can I make the Finish date change based on the % complete Microsoft Project

How can I make the Finish date change based on the % complete Microsoft Project

How can I make the Finish date change based on the % complete

Posted: 01 Jul 2005 10:07 AM PDT

When you entered the tasks, did you enter the start and finish dates or did
you let Project calculate them for you? While we don't have enough
information about your exact situation to know if this is the problem in
your case, a very common cause of sucessor tasks not moving when their
prdecessors get shorter is that they have "Start No Earlier Than"
constraints on them. Those constraints will automatically be set if you
manually enter task start dates instead of letting Project freely calculate
them (as you should).

FYI, % Complete always refers to duration so it's impossible for a task that
is scheduled for 40 hours to be 80% complete after working only 16 hours.
By definition, that would make it 40% complete. What your engineer is
saying is that you overestimated the time required and that's why Dale's
suggestion is the correct method to follow.
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"Dammika" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Longhorn?

Posted: 01 Jul 2005 05:21 AM PDT

Ready for what?

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"socorro signorile" <com> wrote in message
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Day starts 1hr late

Posted: 30 Jun 2005 05:38 PM PDT


Hi Ron,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)

Project/Project Information.../Start Date - include the start time eg 01
August 2005 07:00. If you wish the times to show, Tools/Options/View tab -
select a Date Format to include the time of day.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: http://www.mvps.org/project/

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

Ron DeGregorio wrote: 

Is there a problem with backward compatibility in MS Project 2003

Posted: 30 Jun 2005 04:21 PM PDT

I understand that theoretically there is a full compatibility between them,
but there seems to be some kind of bug.
I have had the same problem. Project saved in MSP2000 was working OK both in
2000 and 2003, until at a certain point (after one more save in MSP2000)
everyone using MSP2003 started missing the resources info from the file.

I even receive a message when opening the file stating "The operation cannot
be completed because the source file contains invalid project data or the
total number of rows would exceed the limit of 1.048.000 rown is a project".
No need to mention that the file works perfectly under MSP2000.

Mark

"Gérard Ducouret" wrote:
 

Issue with MS project connecting to the SQL database

Posted: 30 Jun 2005 03:27 PM PDT

Steve --

In that case, try posting your problem in the
microsoft.public.project.server newsgroup and let the SQL experts hammer on
your problem.

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"Steve" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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How do I differentiate "Highlighted" and "Marked" tasks?

Posted: 30 Jun 2005 01:57 PM PDT


Hi ycm,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

Tasks can be highlighted when you apply a filter - Project/Filtered
for.../More Filters/select the filter you want and then the Highlight
button.

Insert/Column/select Marked. Then select the tasks you want marked by
changing the No default to Yes.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: http://www.mvps.org/project/

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP


ycm wrote: 

Hammock Tasks in Templates

Posted: 30 Jun 2005 08:42 AM PDT

Hi,

you can integrate in the template a little macro that creates the OLE Links
when the template is opened for the first time.

Regards,
Renke

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"Tartaglia" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Timescales

Posted: 30 Jun 2005 08:15 AM PDT

That's what I thought. Thanks for getting back so quick.

Piper5150

"JackD" wrote:
 

how do i show long duration but few hours per day in project

Posted: 30 Jun 2005 05:40 AM PDT

Setting few hours per day for resources can be done in the "resource sheet"
view under column units. You can decrease the % of units available for each
resource. However I don't think setting the hours for resources to be less
than the typical 8 hour day will address your primary problem on your title.
Long duration can be managed from a different angle. If you want to set a
task to take 20 days in duration but only have the resource work 2 hours per
day for the 20 days than you simply need to assign the resource to the task
and adjust the % percentage to 25%.

"microwave man" wrote:
 

Baseline's

Posted: 30 Jun 2005 03:40 AM PDT

I think of them as being there to hold an audit trail in the event you have
to change baselines due to scope changes. There is one and only one
functional baseline, the record of the project plan that you intend to work
saved as a record before posting actual performance. If someone comes in
half-way through the project with a change that materials makes this a
different project, we should update the baseline with the new tasks. Before
saving the new basleine however, I want to archive a copy of the original
for comparison purposes, if for no other reason than to CYA 'cause I know
the boss is going to want an explanation of why we're slipping over budget.
So I copy the original over to one of those vacant baseline slots and then
save a corrected version into the "operational" baseline.

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Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
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"Paul_Willie78" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Are there sample projects available for MSP2003?

Posted: 29 Jun 2005 03:05 PM PDT


You're welcome, Carey :-)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP


CH wrote: 

Copying resources

Posted: 29 Jun 2005 09:46 AM PDT

Terry,

Ok, so... are you saying that you would define a placeholder called "Java
Team 1" and drag it across several tasks (i.e. task 1 - task 10) and later
you would need to replace "Java Team 1" in Task 1 and Task 5 with John Doe
and Jane Doe but Task 2 and/or Task 4 would need James Doe and Jill Doe?
Therefore you are trying to use a "very" generic placeholder that can then
take the form of a mix group of resources and depending on which task you are
working with you may replace the placeholder with 1 and/or several other
resources? If this is indeed the case, I don't really know a way that you
can quickly do a global change, however the best I can offer is to define
multiple placeholders for all proposed team members (i.e.Java Developer 1,
Java Developer 2, Java Developer 3, Java Developer 4, etc.) and drags these
down. Once you get to another set of tasks where you need to use a different
combination of resources for the Java Team, you may use Java Developer 10,
Java Developer 11, etc. Then when you get ready to update the place holders
with real people's names, you can simply go back to the resource sheet and
update the place holders accordingly. Sorry, this is the best I can do for
now. Hope this helps.

"Terry S." wrote:
 

Analyze Toolbar With Project 2002?

Posted: 29 Jun 2005 08:55 AM PDT

Turns out I didn't have the proper admin rights to view this (and other
features) of Project. Seems kind of odd that the feature would be disabled
to certain users, but perhaps my account was never set up properly to begin
with.? Anyway, just wanted to share my answer with anyone else experiencing
this problem.

"Matt_NewProjectUser" wrote: