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Start Date + Duration <> End Date
Resolved · Low Priority · Version 2007
Thu 17 Dec 2009, 12:34Delegate Marie said...
Marie has attended:
Project Intro Intermediate course
Start Date + Duration <> End Date
I have a task that I have fixed the end date of and I have fixed the duration at 10 days. I want Project to tell me when I need to start the task. I have a calendar with 7 day working. However, Project tells me that I need to start it 14 days before the end date. It recognises that the duration is 10 days, so why does it not set the start date as 10 days before the end date?? Any ideas what I might be doing wrong or what I might have set elsewheer that leads to this?
Fri 18 Dec 2009, 16:54Trainer Andrew said...
RE: Start Date + Duration <> End Date
Hi Marie
Thank you for your question. One way to check what's affecting your task is to click on it then from the toolbar choose Task Drivers button (which has an icon with a blue bar, a link arrow and a question mark and exists in version 2007). This will open a panel and list what is impacting on your task.
You might alslo like to check what kind of constraint is applied to your task. Check by double clicking the task and in Advanced taking a look at Constraint type. Is it set to finish no later than the date in question?
Is a resource assigned to the task yet and if so what calendar to they follow (7 days or 5 days for example)?
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Andrew
Wed 6 Jan 2010, 15:53Trainer Andrew said...
RE: Start Date + Duration <> End Date
Hi Marie
Just wanted to check if you had chance to investigate this further. Let us know if we can be of any assistance.
Kind regards,
Andrew
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