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Handling Baselines In Project When Deleting a Task
John-project So I tried your suggestion by just resetting the baseline on the selected summary task that contained the sub-task I deleted. Unfortunately, I didn't create a new project version and then delete the task and then set the baseline again for just the impacted summary task which I probably should have done first. So, I can't tell what values would have changed in the overall baseline. Probably the baseline work and EVM values would change. There is no change in the summary tasks because they are fixed duration / Agile Sprints. So, I think the correct steps should a change occur again resulting in the deleting of a task is:
1. Create a new project schedule version
2. Delete the child task
3. Set Baseline using selected tasks only option on the summary task that the child task was a part of
Your opening post said you already deleted the task(s) but yes, it's good practice to periodically save a plan (with some type of date stamp) even though you set a baseline.
You won't know or see changes in earned value metrics until progress is updated.
Regardless of whether summary lines are set as fixed duration, re-setting the baseline may not change Baseline Start and Baseline Finish fields but if there was cost associated with the performance task(s) that were deleted, the Baseline Cost field will change.
John
