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JulieD
Hi Guys
normally i try to avoid scheduling from a finish date, but i've come across
a project question that seems to only really be possibly by doing this and
i'm wondering if i'm approaching this from the right angle.
the project is to schedule the advertising and recruitment of a large number
of people over a 12 - 18 month period. The recruitment process for each
employee takes up to 100 days and the employment process needs to be
staggered over this period. So employee 1 needs to commence on 1 May 2005,
employee 1500 needs to commence on 1 August 2006 - if the company is to
commence trading on 1 Sept 2006.
These dates are dependent on the expected commencement date of the company
trading which is still in the "feasibility" stage at the moment. So what
they're looking for is to say, if the company was to commence trading on 1
Sept 2006 when does employee 1's recruitment process have to start ... if
the company's trading date commencement is the 1 Nov 2006 when does employee
1's recruitment process have to start etc.
Currently the project is set up to schedule from a finish date with a
project finsih date of 1 Sept 2006, Each employee's recruitment process is
listed out with the employee title as the summary task and a milestone at
the end which is linked to the project finish milestone with a lag to give
the "right" gap (ie the main manager needs to be on-board 16 months prior to
the commencement of trading) etc.
Any ideas / comments / suggestions
Cheers
julieD
normally i try to avoid scheduling from a finish date, but i've come across
a project question that seems to only really be possibly by doing this and
i'm wondering if i'm approaching this from the right angle.
the project is to schedule the advertising and recruitment of a large number
of people over a 12 - 18 month period. The recruitment process for each
employee takes up to 100 days and the employment process needs to be
staggered over this period. So employee 1 needs to commence on 1 May 2005,
employee 1500 needs to commence on 1 August 2006 - if the company is to
commence trading on 1 Sept 2006.
These dates are dependent on the expected commencement date of the company
trading which is still in the "feasibility" stage at the moment. So what
they're looking for is to say, if the company was to commence trading on 1
Sept 2006 when does employee 1's recruitment process have to start ... if
the company's trading date commencement is the 1 Nov 2006 when does employee
1's recruitment process have to start etc.
Currently the project is set up to schedule from a finish date with a
project finsih date of 1 Sept 2006, Each employee's recruitment process is
listed out with the employee title as the summary task and a milestone at
the end which is linked to the project finish milestone with a lag to give
the "right" gap (ie the main manager needs to be on-board 16 months prior to
the commencement of trading) etc.
Any ideas / comments / suggestions
Cheers
julieD