Project 2003: "Start as soon as Possible" changes task to milestone!

[bschiek]

This is driving me around the bend:

I am trying to link tasks to flow in a logical order on a 650+ task
project plan left behind by the terminated former manager. The same
resource is assigned at 100% to the 6 tasks I am trying to link. If I
highlight and link the tasks, the successor task turns into a
milestone! The task has a work value assigned, and that doesn't
change. Duration changes to 0. If I open the Task Info window, I can
uncheck the milestone box, but the task still has a work value, zero
duration and shows up as a split task on the Gantt chart. The task
constraint now becomes "Finish no later than" with the date that the
task should finish on if duration was calculated correctly. If I
change the constraint back to "As soon as possible", it goes back to a
milestone!

What am I doing wrong? ACK!

Thanks in advance.

Bruce.

 

[Mark Durrenberger]

I suspect that the task has a successor that is "Pinned" in time with a
"must start on" or other date constraint. Free up its successor tasks and
see if that clears up your challenge. (check for ALAP, MSO, and MFO
constraints by adding the "Constraint Type" column to one of your tables.)

Mark


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[support]

I am from the MS Project / Project Server 2002/2003 support department at http://www.enterpriseprojectconsulting.com and we would be happy to assist you in resolving your issue.

Thank you,

Enterprise Project Consulting

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Support --

If you can help this person, then why don't you post the answer in the
newsgroup so that everyone can benefit? This newsgroup is a forum where we
all help one another publicly. I would suggest you start posting some real
answers instead of merely advertising your services.

I am from the MS Project / Project Server 2002/2003 support department at

http://www.enterpriseprojectconsulting.com and we would be happy to assist
you in resolving your issue.

 

[Steve House]

Is there any actual progress posted to these tasks?