Comments on: Real-Life MS Project: Delays (the good kind…) http://www.alexsbrown.com/msproj-delays.html The online home of Alex Brown, project management expert Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:50:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Alex Brown http://www.alexsbrown.com/msproj-delays.html#comment-1009 Alex Brown Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:14:04 +0000 http://wp.alexsbrown.com/msproj-delays.html#comment-1009 Steve, you have a strange situation. Usually a milestone does not jump that way. If there were resources attached, I would say, "Look at the calendars for the resource." One thing to check in this situation is the "Task Calendar" field. It is possible for a task without resources to still get attached to a specific calendar. Usually you want this field to be blank, but if you have a calendar listed there, it could be forcing the milestone to jump. Steve, you have a strange situation. Usually a milestone does not jump that way. If there were resources attached, I would say, “Look at the calendars for the resource.” One thing to check in this situation is the “Task Calendar” field. It is possible for a task without resources to still get attached to a specific calendar. Usually you want this field to be blank, but if you have a calendar listed there, it could be forcing the milestone to jump.

]]> By: Steve Gibbons http://www.alexsbrown.com/msproj-delays.html#comment-972 Steve Gibbons Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:48:12 +0000 http://wp.alexsbrown.com/msproj-delays.html#comment-972 I was following your article on Delays - the good kind. I decided to use a leveling delay edays to get a milestone on the date I wanted it instead of a "must finish on" constraint. I found that for every unit of edays it moved one day, except when I was getting close to the date I wanted, then one eday moved it about 3 days. I had removed the must finish on constraing and there were no resources assigned, and it wasn't even linked. I was using Project 2002. I didn't have time to try an isolate the cause. Do you know anything about this? I enjoy your web page. Steve I was following your article on Delays - the good kind.
I decided to use a leveling delay edays to get a milestone on the date I wanted it instead of a “must finish on” constraint. I found that for every unit of edays it moved one day, except when I was getting close to the date I wanted, then one eday moved it about 3 days. I had removed the must finish on constraing and there were no resources assigned, and it wasn’t even linked. I was using Project 2002. I didn’t have time to try an isolate the cause. Do you know anything about this?

I enjoy your web page.

Steve

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