showing missed due dates

[Jenn]

Hi! I am new to ms project. Here is my question. I have a task that has a start date and a finish date. There always has to be a target finish date for this example. If I miss the finish date I created, I want to show 1) the task is still ongoing since the intial start date 2) the missed "finish date" (as a milestone or something like that) 3) the new "Finish date" that I have created. I want the duration to be from the start to the new finish date and not from the start to the original finish date that I did not meet. (Basically I want to show my customer here are all the dates you keep setting as your "finish date" but you keep blowing by them and here is how long it has taken so far.)
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

Jenn

 

[Steve House]

Try NOT setting the finish date (or start date for that matter). Instead,
let Project do its job and freely calculate the task finish dates. But DO
set a task deadline date (task information screen, advanced tab). This
places a green arrow indicator in the Gantt chart on the date you're
supposed to hit and lights off a red indicator next to the task name if
you're later than the target date. You can see directly on the Gantt chart
just how late you are and what the "ripple down" effect will be on
subsequent tasks.

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Hi! I am new to ms project. Here is my question. I have a task that has a

start date and a finish date. There always has to be a target finish date
for this example. If I miss the finish date I created, I want to show 1) the
task is still ongoing since the intial start date 2) the missed "finish
date" (as a milestone or something like that) 3) the new "Finish date" that
I have created. I want the duration to be from the start to the new finish
date and not from the start to the original finish date that I did not meet.
(Basically I want to show my customer here are all the dates you keep
setting as your "finish date" but you keep blowing by them and here is how
long it has taken so far.)