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From: Christoph Muelder Christoph on 15 May 2008 16:17
Hi Jan,
the problem with deadlines not being used for slack calculation has been
resolved in a hotfix and is included in SP1. It works again now. You can
change back to your old recommendations - as I did :-)

Best regards
Christoph

"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:

> Hi Julie,
>
> Right you are; it caused me to review completely the process I recommend to
> customers (and use myself).
> I base decisions on Total Slack, and in 2007 that indeed does not take into
> account deadlines. Shame.
> So it's back to Prpoejct 98 methods: instead of a deadline set a Must
> constrained milesone and links your final task to that.
> To me deadline has become almost useless.
>
> --
> Jan De Messemaeker
> Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
> +32 495 300 620
> For availability check:
> http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
> "JulieS" <JulieS(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:Oi9bsaCkIHA.2396(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > Hello Jan,
> >
> > The OP doesn't note what version of project is in use, but I did notice
> > that setting deadlines in Project 2007 does not affect late start and late
> > finish as it does in earlier releases.
> >
> > Julie
> >
> > "Jan De Messemaeker" <janremovethis(a)prom-ade.be> wrote in message
> > news:e1nHbO9jIHA.4076(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Don't the fields late start and late finish give you what you want?
> >> --
> >> Jan De Messemaeker
> >> Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
> >> +32 495 300 620
> >> For availability check:
> >> http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
> > <snip>
> >
>
>
>
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