MS Project recurring tasks

[Peggy]

I have a 1 day recurring weekly task. I want the rest of my tasks to respect
this one day when scheduling. In other words, build around that one day and
take it into account when scheduling. When I set up the next task with the
recurring one as a dependency, it takes into account ALL of them instead of
just the one for that week. Ideas?

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Peggy,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

Click the little + sign to the left of the task name to expand the summary.
Now select the particular task you want as a predecessor and link to the new
task.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

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

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

 

[JulieS]

Hi Peggy,

I am not sure I fully understand your question, but I'll try....

Have you tried expanding the recurring task (click on the plus mark to the
left of the task name) and setting the specific *instance* of recurring task
as the predecessor, instead of using the summary recurring task?

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

 

[Chris Marriott]

Hi Peggy

I am trying to recreate the scenario you have described but I do not get the
same results

I have created a recurring task - every monday for the next 5 weeks

I have expanded the recurring tasks by clicking the + symbol

I have created a task that has a dependency on the first instance of the
recurring tasks (in the predecssors column I can see the specific reference
to the individual instance)

The task that is dependent on the individual instance starts as soon as that
instance is scheduled to finish

Have you done anything different to this for your project?

Hope this helps ...
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Regards


Chris Marriott - PMP MCSE MCDBA
UK - EPM Consultant & Trainer