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Tue 3 Apr 2007, 13:41 Delegate Angela2 said...

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Project Intro Intermediate course

Predesessor

What is a predecessor?

Thu 5 Apr 2007, 16:11 Trainer Tracy said...

RE: Predesessor

Hi Angela,

Occasionally you may choose Project to calculate a schedule a slightly differently than it would do naturally based on what has happened before.

This code takes the predecessors of a selected tasks and figures out which is the one which will finish first. Then it applies negative lag to the dependencies between itself and the other predecessors.

Hope that makes sense

Tracy

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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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