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start date is not critical

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Moutaz AldeibMember for 22 years 9 months
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Dear Planners,

I am establishing a schedule on MS Project 2010, after finishing the schedule I detected that the start date of the project is not critical, it has 35 days float. Eventhough no constraints applied and no open ends exist.

Regards,

Moutaz

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    Gary Whitehead ·
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    when you say start date is

    when you say start date is not critical, do you mean start milestone?

     

    If so, check the first task that is on your critical path has a predeccesor of the start milestone

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    Moutaz Aldeib ·
    #2

    Yes, Gary it is a milestone

    Yes, Gary it is a milestone and the first task is the predecessor of this milestone.

    Regards,

    Moutaz

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    Gary Whitehead ·
    #3

    the first task should be the

    the first task should be the sucessor of the start milestone, not predecessor

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    Moutaz Aldeib ·
    #4

    Dear Gary,Sorry that is what

    Dear Gary,

    Sorry that is what I mean, the first task is successor to the milestone date.

    Best,

    Moutaz

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    Patrick Weaver ·
    #5

    Possible options (assuming

    Possible options (assuming there is a difference between the milestone and the first activities float)

    1. The project start date is defined as a constraint on the first activity not the milestone and the milestone is scheduling from the project calendar start
    2. Different calendars allocated
    3. The first activity is scheduled ‘As late as possible’
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    Rangarajan Ramaswamy ·
    #6

    Please check the following

    Please check the following :-

    1. The Project finish date is matching with the schedule finish date

    2. If still the start date is showing float it means that somewhere the relation is open or a constrain in the project is driving the CRITICAL activities.

    3. You can send the file to me to check for issues.

     

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