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Mon 19 Feb 2007, 09:55 Delegate Narinder said...

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Project Intro Intermediate course

Updating

What is the best way to change dates on an existing project plan

Tue 20 Feb 2007, 16:49 Trainer Andrew said...

RE: Updating

Hi Narinder

A good way to change dates on your tasks, especially if you have saved a baseline is to select your task then go to Tools > Tracking > update tasks and record what really happened (actual start or finish). Alternatively if the task is not yet complete but needs to be rescheduled you could try either adding a partial constraint (start no earlier than) to the task so it falls on the correct date or extend the lag on its predecessor relationship.

Hope this helps - do let us know if we can assist further.

Kind regards,

Andrew

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MS Project tip:

Set default task type - Project 2010

a. In Project, click on the File tab
b. Select Options from left hand side
c. Click on Schedule to set the scheduling options
d. Set the Default Task type box to your chosen option
i. Generally if you plan/estimate your projects using durations you should use fixed duration, and untick the box New tasks are effort driven, if you plan/estimate with person hours use fixed work, or for plans estimated with the proportion of resources time use fixed units, and untick the box New tasks are effort driven)
e. Click OK to apply your changes

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