Hi all



I'm new to MS project and have lots of things I need to ask but for now I'll start with my most current query!

I have just noticed that many of the tasks in my schedule that have start dates in the past, and have actual work entered against them have the correct duration but the start and finish dates do not match the duration.

Am I right in saying that the finish date is now being calculated based on the remaining duration and honouring it's predecessor link and predecessor finish?

Therefore if a task had 3 days remaining to do and it's predecessor finished on the 02/07/12, the task would finish on the 05/07/12 (based on an 8 hour day with units set to 60%).

The PM has not allowed me to update the schedule and re-schedule tasks. He is now looking at start and finish dates and querying why the start and finish dates often exceed the durations! He wants the start and finish dates to remain the same! From what I am seeing this is not workable is it?

The finish dates are moving to the right because they are slipping and are late, is this correct?

Surely his approach is incorrect? The schedule will move to the right when progress is not made as expected.

When I update schedule and re-schedule tasks, it obviously moves to the right.

When re-scheduling tasks, does project schedule them to the next available date according to links, and resource availability?

Thanks for your help

Jo