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Task constraints
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Wed 12 Mar 2008, 16:29Delegate Sereen said...
Sereen has attended:
Project Intro Intermediate course
Task constraints
I am starting a new project plan and all I have input so far are the tasks, and set the task levels.
As i am inputting the dates to the tasks, Project has started automatically putting a 'start no earlier than' constraint against some of the tasks - and i didn't want it to (i haven't created any links yet and haven't treated these tasks any differently from other tasks where there hasn't been an automatic generation of this constraint).
I have taken this off by going into the task info and clicking on 'must start on' constraint - but i don't want these tasks to have any constraints.
Please help.
Fri 14 Mar 2008, 12:04
Edited on Fri 14 Mar 2008, 12:09Trainer Stephen said...
RE: Task constraints
Hi Sereen
Thank you for your question
Whenever you enter a date for a task, you are automatically setting a start no earlier date for your task. It is usually a mistake to specify start or finish dates for a task in a project. Rather, it is better to:-
1. Enter your tasks and set levels
2. Set task durations
3. Set any task dependencies
Project will the set each task to start as soon as possible and you will then have a project with the shortest possible timeline given the data you have supplied. If you then have specific tasks which must start on certain dates you can then add the necessary constraints, but this should be done sparingly if at all.
Regards
Stephen
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