Start & Finish matches other Tasks' Start & Finish?

[SixSigmaGuy]

I need to have a task ("cover task") that starts the same time as one task
("start task") and ends the same time as yet another task ("finish task").
If the start time changes in "start task" and/or the finish time changes in
"finish task", the start and finish time, and, of course, duration, of "cover
task" should change to match.

I've tried setting predecessors (SS and FF), but the duratoin of "cover
task" doesn't change.

This "cover task" is for a mentor who needs to be on the schedule as long as
the group of tasks are in progress. The mentor needs to be there from the
start to finish and I need the mentor's start, finish, and duration to change
whenever the start, finish, and/or duration of the group of tasks changes.

Can anyone tell me how to do this?

Thank you

 

[JulieS]

Hi SixSigmaGuy,

See FAQ # 19 "Hammock Tasks" at:
www.mvps.org/project

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

Julie

 

[SixSigmaGuy]

Thank you so much! That solution worked perfectly except for one problem. I
hope you have a solution.

the problem is that my MPP file is stored on SharePoint. When I try to do a
paste link, I get the message: "You cannot create links from a project file
that exists on a web folder to another file."

I have absolutely no external links to another file, so I'm assuming this
message is a bug since there is no "another file." Furthermore, if I save
the file locally, I can make the "paste links" fine, upload the file back to
SharePoint, and open and make further updates to the file without problems
and the "paste links" are still intact.

Unfortunately, that workaround won't work for me since I'm developing a
procedure to be used by our department and many people won't have a local
place to save the file; they can only make updates on SharePoint.

I'm suspecting that the problem might have something to do with the fact
that Project inserts "%20" in for every space in the filename. I'll try to
verify that, but, regardless, our naming conventions require spaces in the
name.

Thanks

 

[JulieS]

Hi SixSigmaGuy,

Glad to know the Hammock task was a partial solution. Sadly I know very
little about Sharepoint so I can't address that particular issue.

Perhaps someone else with more experience in Project integration with
Sharepoint can assist.

Julie