reschedule uncompleted work in Microsoft 2002 with constrainst?

[dalbaugh]

just upgraded to 2002 from 2000. I could reschedule uncompleted work and my
hours and dates would roll to the updated date. Now 2002 is telling me that
it will not reschedule my tasks because of constrainst. I schedule by finish
date and use the ALAP constraint for all activities. When I try and use the
ASAP constraint on them and then reschedule - it still will not roll the
dates as before. Is there an easy solution?

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi dalbaugh,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

I don't think there's any difference between 2000 & 2002's scheduelling
engine. I think your problem lies with scheduelling from the Finish date.
Is is generally bad practice to do so, as every task will finish as late as
possible, every task will have that constaint applied and every task will be
critical - you have lost all of Project's flexibility. By all means use it
to see the effect, but always revert back to scheduelling from the Start
date to do your project managing.

So, I suggest you re-schedule from the Start date and then update your
project.

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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

 

[dalbaugh]

Mike,
You address a scheduling technique not the problem I am having. I was able
to push the hours and start dates by doing a reschedule uncompleted work to
start on the new date that I gave it. It will not do that now. I have hours
sitting in August that will not roll forward to September. Can you help with
this??

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi dalbaugh,

Well, I thought that scheduelling from the start would remove the
constraints produced by scheduelling from the finish that are preventing the
August hours from being pushed forward to September. Did you try that?
Alternatively, select all the tasks and then in Task Information, reset all
constraints to As Soon As Possible.

Mike Glen
Project MVP

 

[Steve House [Project MVP]]

No, he's explaining how the scheduling technique you've chosen has certain
implications for the behavior of the scheduling engine. If you don't like
the behaviour your choice mandates, choose a different scheduling technique.
Since you are scheduling backwards from a defined, engraved in stone finish
date, the tasks are already scheduled as late as they can possibly be and
still finish by that date. Scheduling from the finish date also sets a
condition that the finish date cannot be delayed under any circumstances
whatsoever. Your choice of technique has said the tasks CANNOT be scheduled
any later than they already are. Then when you try to update the and
reschedule the uncompleted work you are giving conflicting instructions -
you are telling Project to move these tasks later after you've already told
it that they cannot be, must not be, moved later.

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