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From: CB on 9 May 2008 09:47
I am using MSOP 2007 standard. I have two tasks in particular in my
schedule. Task 3 is linked to task 2. Task 2 is 80% complete, started on
4/1/08, Task 3 is 10% complete and started on 4/29/08. I want to reschedule
my remaining work. I go to Tools-Tracking-Update Project-I select Reschedule
uncomplet work to start after 5/7/08 For Entire project. When this is
selected only task 2 is updated. I can go through this sequence again and
task 3 is finally updated. Why? Am I missing something here? I would
expect project to go through each task and reschedule the remaining work
based on the predecessors. For instance if task 2s new completion date is
June 23 and task 3 is linked to task 2 with a FS relationship and has 20
hours remaining, I would expect project to split task 3 leaving the actuals
in tact and reschedule the remaining 20 hours to start June 24th.
Any ideas?
From: salgud on 9 May 2008 12:54
On Fri, 9 May 2008 06:47:00 -0700, CB wrote:

> I am using MSOP 2007 standard. I have two tasks in particular in my
> schedule. Task 3 is linked to task 2. Task 2 is 80% complete, started on
> 4/1/08, Task 3 is 10% complete and started on 4/29/08. I want to reschedule
> my remaining work. I go to Tools-Tracking-Update Project-I select Reschedule
> uncomplet work to start after 5/7/08 For Entire project. When this is
> selected only task 2 is updated. I can go through this sequence again and
> task 3 is finally updated. Why? Am I missing something here? I would
> expect project to go through each task and reschedule the remaining work
> based on the predecessors. For instance if task 2s new completion date is
> June 23 and task 3 is linked to task 2 with a FS relationship and has 20
> hours remaining, I would expect project to split task 3 leaving the actuals
> in tact and reschedule the remaining 20 hours to start June 24th.
> Any ideas?

If task 3 is a successor to task 2, then it can't start until task 2 is
complete. That's what that means. If task 2 is only 80% complete, the logic
you've given Project says task 3 can't start yet.
Maybe what you want is to overlap the tasks using lead time (negative lag
time) to show their real relationship.
Hope this helps in your world.
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