Splitting a task

[Sneha Satish]

Hi All,

I have an activity in the project with a duration of 4 days. I have assigned
a resource for this activity. I have a successor for this activity. After
baselining the activities in the project, I need to split the predecessor
activity by 3 days and complete the successor activity and come back to the
predecessor activity. This should not cause any variance in the project. Can
you pls help me find a solution to the same.

 

[Gérard Ducouret]

Sneha,
Is the dependency bewteen the 2 tasks a FS link?
If in the real world you are able to do what you want, that means that this
FS link is false. Try to replace it by a SS link, plus x days. Then split
the predecessor as you want.
Gérard Ducouret

 

[Sneha Satish]

Hi Gerard,

I have tried the option by giving a SS+2days, completed the successor
activity and came back to predecessor and gave a split, it still shows me a
finish variance.

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Sneha ,

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I think I would split the task into 2 separate tasks and re-link
accordingly as that is what you plan to do.

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[Sneha Satish]

Hi Mike,

Let me put it this way

I have two activities say a and b ; a being the predecessor and b being the
successor. I have the same resource working on both the activities. While the
resource is working on activity a, there is some work that needs to be done
on activity b and then he needs to come back to activity a. In this scenario,
can I split the task or is there another alternative

 

[Mike Glen]

Have you tried levelling? Put a high priority onto b and level
Priority,Standard, and allow splits.

Mike Glen
Project MVP