Scheduling a task to move with the end date of another

[Kevin]

Scenario: you want to create a task such as "Project Management" over the
full duration of the project as you know you will be spending approximately
20% of your day every day over the duration of the project.

When the end date of the project moves in or out (your final deployment task
for instance), you want your "Project Managment" task's end date to move with
that task's end date.

How can you do that?

 

[Thor Kottelin]

When the end date of the project moves in or out (your final deployment task
for instance), you want your "Project Managment" task's end date to move with
that task's end date.

How can you do that?

Using a finish-to-finish dependency.

Thor

 

[JulieS]

Hi Kevin,

I think what you are looking for is a hammock task. See FAQ # 19 "Hammock
Tasks" at:
http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm

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

Julie

 

[Steve House [Project MVP]]

Sorry Thor, that won't do it. The will pull you PM task so its end aligns
to the finish milestone if you make it the successor to finish but it also
pulls the start date when it does, it doesn't change it's duration. What
Kevin wants is called "a hammock task" and a quick search of help will bring
up the details about it.

 

[Steve House [Project MVP]]

Look in help for "hammock task."

 

[Thor Kottelin]

Sorry Thor, that won't do it. The will pull you PM task so its end aligns
to the finish milestone if you make it the successor to finish but it also
pulls the start date when it does, it doesn't change it's duration.

Oops. Thanks for pointing that out.

Thor

 

[Kevin]

Julie/Steve/Thor, thats great. Thanks for your help. A hammock task is
exactly what I want. I tried it and it works a charm (I had previously tried
the finish-to-finish but it doesnt do the job as Steve rightly said).

Thanks

 

[JulieS]

Hi Kevin,

You are most welcome and thanks for the feedback.

Julie