Some tips and tricks

[Erica]

I was told that I could have the same task in two places. I can not figure
out how to do this. I have a project organized by objectives and I need to
put the same taks under two categories. I want them to be the same tasks that
update at the same time. Is this possible?

 

[Joe]

I don't know of anyway to do this. You can have the same task "name" in two
places, but they are independent tasks and are treated separately and will
not be in sync automatically when one get updated.

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Erica,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

As long as you're only talking about Duration being in sync, a hammock might
work. Please see FAQ Item: 19. Hammock Tasks.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on

Mike Glen
Project MVP

 

[Steve House]

The problem is organizing the task list by objectives. Project is based on
the assumption that you are using a true WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) to
organize the task list. That is, the structure is organized by deliverables
decomposed to finer and finer levels of detail until you get down to the
level that a task represents a single observable physical activity extending
over a measurable period of time representing work performed by a specific
resource or group of resources resulting in the creation of a specific
quantifiable deliverable. Thus you can have "Paint Wall" occuring any
number of times in the Project but each time it appears it represents a
different wall being painted. Painting a specific wall will typically only
occur once in the plan (unless it gets a coat of paint and then sometime
later on gets another coat and they have to be scheduled as two tasks for
some reason).

 

[Dave]

If you want the same task in two different places simultaneously then
that doesn't really make sense.

However, you can change the sort order or grouping of tasks. Is that
what you actually mean? Different groupings or sortings will then move
your task in whichever view you have applied.