Calculation of Start date by Project

[jlg]

My colleague and I are trying the same entry in MS Project and are
getting different results:

On my PC, I enter:
task 1 is 2 days duration
task 2 is 3 days duration
task 3 is 4 days duration.

I then enter resource1 to task 1. Project shows task 1 starting 28June.
I then enter resource1 to task 2. Project shows task 2 starting 30June.
I then enter resource1 to task 3. Project shows task 3 starting 5July.

my colleague does exact same steps.

his Project tells him all 3 tasks start on 28June.

I have searched this user group - and found the entries from last
summer - all of which we have tried (ensuring automatic calculation is
on, verifying constraints are asap, verifying no constraint dates, no
predecessors, calendars are set identically to work a 6.5 hr day, no
start date or end dates are entered, etc., etc.)

any other ideas? thx...

 

[Steve House [MVP]]

Take a look in the Tools menu, Resource Leveling. It sounds your's is set
to automatic, his is set to manual. My strong preference is manual
otherwise tasks fly about the screen willy-nilly without any apparent
reason. By setting it to manual, leveling won't take place until you decide
to trigger it.

 

[jlg]

That is it! thank you!

Take a look in the Tools menu, Resource Leveling. It sounds your's is set
to automatic, his is set to manual. My strong preference is manual
otherwise tasks fly about the screen willy-nilly without any apparent
reason. By setting it to manual, leveling won't take place until you decide
to trigger it.
--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

My colleague and I are trying the same entry in MS Project and are
getting different results:

On my PC, I enter:
task 1 is 2 days duration
task 2 is 3 days duration
task 3 is 4 days duration.

I then enter resource1 to task 1. Project shows task 1 starting 28June.
I then enter resource1 to task 2. Project shows task 2 starting 30June.
I then enter resource1 to task 3. Project shows task 3 starting 5July.

my colleague does exact same steps.

his Project tells him all 3 tasks start on 28June.

I have searched this user group - and found the entries from last
summer - all of which we have tried (ensuring automatic calculation is
on, verifying constraints are asap, verifying no constraint dates, no
predecessors, calendars are set identically to work a 6.5 hr day, no
start date or end dates are entered, etc., etc.)

any other ideas? thx...

 

[jlg]

That is it! thank you!

Take a look in the Tools menu, Resource Leveling. It sounds your's is set
to automatic, his is set to manual. My strong preference is manual
otherwise tasks fly about the screen willy-nilly without any apparent
reason. By setting it to manual, leveling won't take place until you decide
to trigger it.
--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

My colleague and I are trying the same entry in MS Project and are
getting different results:

On my PC, I enter:
task 1 is 2 days duration
task 2 is 3 days duration
task 3 is 4 days duration.

I then enter resource1 to task 1. Project shows task 1 starting 28June.
I then enter resource1 to task 2. Project shows task 2 starting 30June.
I then enter resource1 to task 3. Project shows task 3 starting 5July.

my colleague does exact same steps.

his Project tells him all 3 tasks start on 28June.

I have searched this user group - and found the entries from last
summer - all of which we have tried (ensuring automatic calculation is
on, verifying constraints are asap, verifying no constraint dates, no
predecessors, calendars are set identically to work a 6.5 hr day, no
start date or end dates are entered, etc., etc.)

any other ideas? thx...