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Reply Fri 20 Apr 2007, 16:21Delegate Peter said...

Peter has attended:
Project Intro Intermediate course

Finish Dates / Links

If your project has a finish date but not a start date how do I work backwards from the finish date to establish a start date?

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Reply Fri 20 Apr 2007, 16:38Trainer Tracy said...

RE: Finish Dates / Links

Hi Peter,

Thanks for your question. The fastest way to link two tasks is to click on the bar of your first task in the Gantt chart and drag to the bar of the task that will be your successor. Once you let go you'll get a link drawn between your tasks, Finish to Start.

You can also block select multiple tasks and click on the link icons task. You can also double click on the successor task and from the predecessors tab choose the task you want to link to.

Hope this helps - do let us know if you have any further questions.

Tracy

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Keep constraining dates to a minimum

As far as possible avoid fixing the dates of your tasks. For example try to steer of clear dragging task bars in the Gantt chart to move them on the timeline or entering dates directly into the Start / Finish fields.

Date constraints such as these limit Microsoft Project's ability to automatically adjust your project whenever you add, remove or modify the duration of your tasks. Instead use the logic in your task dependencies that link your tasks to enable Project to calculate the start and finish dates for you.

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