Suspending Work

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Dieter,

So that means, work can be only suspended once.

For example: What if i have a particular work, say Tileworks;Delivery of materials is set at 4 batches. Materials are ordered and the 1st batch delivered and installed, but the 2nd batch was rejected due to different hue or say color has been delivered and needed 45 days for the right batch to come in, i can suspend work then, here the new batch and was installed. 3rd & 4th batch came but turn-out the quantities are 25% short of the project requirement, how can i suspend work on the particular scope for the second time? Is there a walk around on the suspension of work.

Thanks & Cheers!

Ruel,

This may not be helpful if you are already part way through the job, but if I were programming an activity that was dependent on several discrete deliveries I would have a milestone for each delivery and an activity for the works following each delivery.

For example:
Delivery of first 5000 tiles 0d
Fixing of first 5000 tiles 10d
Delivery of second 5000 tiles .... etc etc

If everything arrives on time, no problem - the 4 (or however many) works activities will run nose to tail; but if there is a problem with any of the deliveries, the physical and logical effects will be instantly demonstrable through the logic of the Programme.

It may make for a larger Programme, but that’s a price to be paid occasionally in order to capture all of the key logic.

Ruel

In that case I would plan 4 deliveries = 4 tasks. Each delivery will be predecessor for a construction activity. You can much better trace (e.g. delays, as Gordon wrote) than if you’d planned with interruptions.

Regards
Dieter

Dieter and Gordon,
Linking deliveries with construction activities may not be helpful if you don’t know which construction activity will use those materials that are delivered.
If there are activities of tile fixing that may be done in parallel it is not obvious which of them will be the first, the second, etc. without levelling results.
Best Regards,
Vladimir

Vladimir

"... if you don’t know which construction activity will use those materials that are delivered."
This reason for me seems a bit artificial - might happen of course e.g. for consumables. In a project you should know, why a certain material or equipment was ordered. The delívery in general is - together with others - a condition to start with construction or assembling activities. If not, for what reason it was ordered?

Best regards
Dieter

Dieter,
buying a consignment of bricks I don’t know where exactly these bricks will be used. When they will be close to be consumed I will order the next consignment. Of course unique equipment is ordered for certain activities.
Best Regards,
Vladimir

To Dieter, Gordon & Vladimir,

Thank you for your replies, it gives me at least an idea on how will i schedule a particular work. Give tile works as an example, i guess is not a good example.

Cheers!