Question about successor task in a cross project link

[L8rdays]

MSPS 2007, all current updates

I create a link between project A and project B.
Project A sees the link as a Predecessor link.
Project B sees the link as a Successor link.
Both projects are published and checked in.

Then I go into project A and delete the link.
Publish and Check it in.

Now I open up Project B and the dialog box opens up to show me the link
change.

If I click on Accept, how come it doesn't remove the link, since that is
what I did in my original plan? I have to explain the logic to my users.

They don't want that external link left in their plan if the original plan
isn't linking back to them anymore.

Thanks,

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

L8rdays --

You are not handling this correctly, and that is why it doesn't work as you
expect. To break a link, you should create a temporary master project by
doing the following:

1. Open Project A and Project B individually.
2. Click Window - New Window.
3. In the New Window dialog, select both Project A and Project B and then
click the OK button.

This action creates a temporary master project. In this master project,
select the two tasks with the cross-project dependency and then break the
link between the two tasks. Then hen close the temporary master project
WITHOUT saving it. Then save Project A and Project B individually and
publish them as well. Hope this helps.

 

[L8rdays]

Dale thanks for your response.

Please don't take my next comments wrong but...

Your suggestion seems like extra work. I can just delete the link in the
dialog box.

The reason I would click on Accept instead of Delete is that when the person
who linked to my project breaks the link in their project, I do not really
know they removed the link. (yes it shows me the date changed and by looking
at that I could possibly submise they deleted it because a successor to my
task wouldn't happen with the new date change, but perhaps they change their
dependency type to FF or something). So I can't just say delete because I
don't know if they removed it or what they did. (Of course I could ask them
)

I was considering hiding external links in my project only, but if they are
valid dependencies people want to see them.

What I don't understand is why the dialog box doesn't allow me to "ACCEPT" a
delete link they did in their plan. Maybe I don't understand the definition
of the Accept button?

Thanks!

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

L8rdays --

Accept means that the user accepts the schedule changes caused by an
external predecessor task. Yes, my method is a little extra work. Now you
know all the choices available to you.

 

[L8rdays]

Thanks Dale

I do appreciate learning new things and learning different ways in which to
use this tool.

Have a great day!

PS, if this is a duplicate post, sorry the system is acting screwy!

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

L8rdays --

In the world of Microsoft Project and Project Server, I think most of us
(including me) learn something new every week! I learned something new
about Microsoft Project last week while teaching an online class for a group
of project managers in Alaska. Hope this helps.