Progressing an Activity

Mark,

Select Tools-> Tracking-> Update Project on your Project Menu.
Tick Reschedule uncompleted work to start after: (Data Date)
Tick Entire Project then click Okay

That should move all your remaining duration or uncompleted task start from data date.

HTH
Rodel

Mark

It would appear that you come from a conventional scheduling background where the end date of a task is calculated from the Data Date plus the Remaining Duration over the task or resource calendar.

Rodel is correct in his statement, but MSP achieves this by splitting in progress task of applying an Early Start Constrain to unstarted tasks.

Microsoft Project ignores the Status Date during normal recalculation. The end date of a task is calculated from the task Start Date plus the Duration.

Basically, to hold a task “In Place” it must have either a Constraint, an Actual Start or a Predecessor. Removing an Early Start Constraint from a task in and in-progress schedule will send the task to the Start Date as MSP ignores the Status Date under normal scheduling conditions.

There are several tools that you may wish to consider when progressing a schedule such as splitting a task etc, using the Tracking Toolbar, etc, etc, but bear in mind that MPS does not comply with generally accepted Critical Path rules when dealing with an in-progress schedule.

Furthermore it takes me a lot longer to manage an in-progress task schedule in MSP than most other software I have used.

Paul E Harris
Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia
Planning and Scheduling Training Manual & Book Publishers & Consulting
www.eh.com.au