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Auto adjusting durations
Hello, I am starting to lean Project and I am having a hard time trying to set up to have the following happen. Task A,B, and C are each set to 5 day duration. They are currently linked so they st...
- Nathan2846,
Sorry but Project doesn't work that way. Project schedules dynamically, so if three tasks are linked finish to start and the first finishes earlier or later, the other two will dynamically move. That's the whole point.
However, what you can do to track the change is to save a baseline and then view the Tracking Gantt Chart. The current schedule will still move dynamically but you will also see the original plan in the baseline Gantt Bars.
Hope this helps.
John
Nathan2846,
Sorry but Project doesn't work that way. Project schedules dynamically, so if three tasks are linked finish to start and the first finishes earlier or later, the other two will dynamically move. That's the whole point.
However, what you can do to track the change is to save a baseline and then view the Tracking Gantt Chart. The current schedule will still move dynamically but you will also see the original plan in the baseline Gantt Bars.
Hope this helps.
John
Sorry but Project doesn't work that way. Project schedules dynamically, so if three tasks are linked finish to start and the first finishes earlier or later, the other two will dynamically move. That's the whole point.
However, what you can do to track the change is to save a baseline and then view the Tracking Gantt Chart. The current schedule will still move dynamically but you will also see the original plan in the baseline Gantt Bars.
Hope this helps.
John
John,
I had a feeling that I might have to do it that way but I had to ask. Thank you for your response!
Respectfully,
Nathan
I had a feeling that I might have to do it that way but I had to ask. Thank you for your response!
Respectfully,
Nathan
- Nathan,
You're welcome and thanks for the feedback.
John