Conditional Predecessors

[DeNunzio]

Hey! Hoping for some guidance. In Project, I have three WBS deliverables,
all of which are being worked on by the same resource at the same time. When
any one of these is finished, I want the resource to begin working on WBS
deliverable #4. So, the predecessor of 4 is 1, 2 and 3, but the start date
of #4 should vary, depending on which is finished first: 1, 2 or 3.

In Excel, it'd be easy. I'd just say something like START-4 = MIN(FINISH-1,
FINISH-2, FINISH-3).

Hopefully, I've explained that clearly.

Thanks!

 

[JackD]

Sorry, there is no concept of MinFinish in project.
You can write some code which introduces artificial lag on task
relationships to do this, but it would need to be rerun whenever the tasks
change.

Fortunately I have already written such code and you can find it here:
http://masamiki.com/project/macros.htm
Look for the follow earliest predecessor macro.

 

[DeNunzio]

Thanks, Jack! Exactly what I was looking for!

Sorry, there is no concept of MinFinish in project.
You can write some code which introduces artificial lag on task
relationships to do this, but it would need to be rerun whenever the tasks
change.

Fortunately I have already written such code and you can find it here:
http://masamiki.com/project/macros.htm
Look for the follow earliest predecessor macro.

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