Drag an end date an all tasks follow...

[Sally in Toronto]

Hi all,

How can I link a group of tasks together such that when an end date is
modified all the tasks move with the modified end date, keeping the defined
lag times?

i.e. I have a range of tasks related to when my company will relocate. The
date of this move keeps changing. As the move date is modified I want all
the associated tasks to automatically move with the end date.

Thanks,

Sally.

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Sally,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

You shouldn't need to adjust the Dates of subsequent tasks
unless you've entered dates in the Start or Finish fields, as these will
thus have constraints. Without constraints, the successor tasks will
automatically adjust in accordance with their precedence links.

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

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP
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[Sally in Toronto]

Thank you Mike,

I think a better way to describe my challenge is that when a 'successor"
moves I want the "predecessors" to follow. Not the other way round as you
describe.

 

[Mike Glen]

Well, Sally, there's no special in-built way to do this other than for the
whole project. The only workaround I can think of at the moment is to
create a new milestone to mark the begining of the group of tasks. Then
link FS to every starting task in the group. Then "fix" the milestone by
typing in its Start date. Then, subsequently, if you want a future
milestone date to change, just change the Start date of the new milestone
and it will push the subsequent tasks to the date you want those to start.
In project, you can only push subsequent tasks to a later date using the
Precedence links.


Mike Glen
Project MVP

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi Sally,

Wouldn't we all!
What you're looking for is called "just in time" and Project doesn't have
that feature, sorry :-(

 

[Sally in Toronto]

"Thanks" everyone.

Well, Sally, there's no special in-built way to do this other than for the
whole project. The only workaround I can think of at the moment is to
create a new milestone to mark the begining of the group of tasks. Then
link FS to every starting task in the group. Then "fix" the milestone by
typing in its Start date. Then, subsequently, if you want a future
milestone date to change, just change the Start date of the new milestone
and it will push the subsequent tasks to the date you want those to start.
In project, you can only push subsequent tasks to a later date using the
Precedence links.


Mike Glen
Project MVP

 

[Mike Glen]

You're welcome, Sally

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP