Change Start date for project and move all dependent tasks as wel

[oisinirish]

I have created a project timeline for a project that has been delayed. Is it
possible to change the project start date but keep all the scheduling work as
the task duration and relationships remain the same?

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

Yes, that is Project's default behaviour.
Only Constraints (and thus start or finoish dates you manually entered) will
not move.
To make them move as well:
Tools, Customize, Toolbars, Toolbars Pad, show the analysis toolbar
Click Adjust Dates.

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[oisinirish]

My apologies. I got kicked straight to the post thread before I searched. I
notice the question had answered several times.
Thanks for your help though

 

[Nurazhar]

Hi,

I have tried out the Analysis toolbar, and it moves all the tasks like you
said.

One thing I noticed, but I don't know if it is a bug or not:
If you set the tasks to schedule from 'Project Start Date', the 'Adjust
Dates' function works fine, but if you set the tasks to schedule from
'Project Finish Date', when you click on the 'Adjust Dates' button, but you
don't change the finish date (meaning no tasks should move at all), all the
dependent tasks will be moved back 1 day.

Is this a bug, or is it due to some settings of the project which I might
not be aware of?

I look forward to your favourable reply.


Sincerely,
Nurazhar

 

[Steve House]

When you schedule backwards from a finish date and then enter the finish
date, it assumes it will finish at the END of that date. But when you use
the adjust date macro, it supplies the time at the START of the day to the
date you type. This means the tasks themselves ends at the end of the
prvious day, meaning they are effectively bumped back a day. Go to the
Tools, Options menu, View tab, and select a date format that shows both date
and time and you'll see more clearly what's going on. A note of caution, as
explained in your other thread, scheduling backwards from a required
completion date for other than academic interest is a very bad idea, almost
always guaranteeing a project failure in the long run.