From: braden on

So I have a master project with multiple sub projects. The sub projects
need to start at different dates. Rescheduling a sub project to a
different date, however, doesn't change its tasks to start on that date
(the constraint is set to 'start as early as possible' - but one would
think 'as early as possible' is when its master task starts, not when
the entire project starts). Rather, the tasks of the sub project with
the 'start as early as possible' constraint start at the entire project
start date.


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From: Andrew Lavinsky on
The master task is just a rollup of the subtasks. It takes on the earliest
start of the subtask.

To move things forward, you need to move the subtask forward. You should
not be putting any constraints on a master task.

In a subproject setting, I would open each project, select Project Information,
and modify the Project Start Date there.


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> So I have a master project with multiple sub projects. The sub
> projects need to start at different dates. Rescheduling a sub project
> to a different date, however, doesn't change its tasks to start on
> that date (the constraint is set to 'start as early as possible' - but
> one would think 'as early as possible' is when its master task starts,
> not when the entire project starts). Rather, the tasks of the sub
> project with the 'start as early as possible' constraint start at the
> entire project start date.
>
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