Date change

[assaf1978]

Hi,
I have a series of activities which are following each other.
I linked the first one (lets call it a) to another activity that is
earlier(lets call it d).
When postponed a after d's start date it postponed d and its followers.
So far so good.
When I erased the connection between a & d, d went back to its original
date, the "start no earlier than" date.
My question is, how can I make d's "start no earlier date" stay where it is
now (after it got postponed) and not go back to its orginal date?

Thanks,
Assaf

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

By telling that to Project, which is by changing the Start No earlier Than
date.
HTH

 

[Jim Aksel]

If "a" can now start and finish earlier, then why can't "d" start earlier as
well?

To change the start date on "d", you should link "d" to a different
predecessor, perhaps "c". What must be done before "d" can start? Sometimes
a task cannot start because of an external dependency such as resource
availability.
Example... "a" is a predecessor to "d" and will fnish on August 30th.
However, "d" cannot start until September 19th because of resource
availablilty or waiting on materials. You could insert lag into the
predecessor, or make a delay task (waiting on material) to accommodate the
delay. Enter a reason into the notes field.

Start No Earlier Than constraints are the result of keying in a date and are
generally not good, there is usually a predecessor someplace.

That said, if you become desparate, you can key in a start date for task "d"
and it will automatically set a Start No Earlier Than constraint to that date.
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[Steve House]

If the link from "A" no longer exists, why NOT let D start earlier? If the
only thing that made it move to the new date is the fact that A was delayed,
if the link between A and D isn't valid, there's no longer any reason to
delay D to that later date.