need help on MS Project Task Timings

[siva]

If a task has started at a particular time and this task waits for completion
of another task in the middle, how could i show this in the network diagram?

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Siva,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

Try a Finish to Finish (FF) relationship between the two tasks. However,
although this shows well on the Gantt Chart, it is not obvious in the
Network Diagram as this view is not very adaptable. However, if you
Format/Layout, you can check the mark against Show link labels. If you also
check to Allow manual box positioning, you can drag it to a more obvious
position.

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
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[BillB]

Do you mean that the task has a break in it while it waits for the other
task? If so, you should split the "broken" task into two tasks that are
hammocked. The hammock can represent the (possibly changing) duration of the
"broken" task, since it's based on the completion of another task. (Connect
the end of the task you have to wait for to the start of the task that
represents the back end of the hammock FS0. Connect the front end and back
end tasks FS0 as well. That way no matter how long the task you're waiting
for takes, the hammock alwys represents the duration properly.)

Bill B

If a task has started at a particular time and this task waits for completion
of another task in the middle, how could i show this in the network

diagram?

 

[siva]

Hi Mike,

let us suppose a task A runs from 2:00 AM to 4:00 AM, the duration of which
is 2 hrs. and a task B which waits for task A but starts at 2:00 AM itself.
The actual proccessing starts at let say 3:00 AM upto 4:30 AM. Here it shows
the duration to be 2.5 hrs (from 2 to 4:30). but i need to show the duration
of only 1.5 hrs (from 3 to 4).
Please let me know if such thing can be shown in the network diagram.

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Siva,

Firstly, are you referring to the Network Diagram or the Gantt Chart? I
think you may be mixing up Duration with Work - look up Help to see the
connection. In any case, Project has no intelligence - how can it know part
durations? You'll probably do better to make the Duration of B the same as
A and enter the Work times in one of the Usage views.

Mike Glen
Project MVP