When do YOU use manually-scheduled tasks?

Scheduling

Bob Cunningham West Boylston, Ma, United States

I have long-resisted the use of manually scheduled tasks in my MS Project schedules. However I've found two instances when they make a lot of sense:

1) When the sequence of tasks is not important, and multiple tasks may wind up being concurrent or juggled around.

2) In a heavily "research" type of task set, where the sequence and outcome of tasks is constantly evolving.

In many (but not all) of these situations, I'll still link dependencies to the summary task.

I'm curious in what other circumstances the manual scheduling option has been useful for people.

-Bob C.

Posted: Jun 6, 2022 2:01 PM

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Mike De Melo Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Jun 06, 2022 4:23 PM

Replying to Keith Novak

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Another use is fixed date tasks which are outside the control of the PM but constrain other events. For example a planned meeting with an external stakeholder like a regulatory agency or city approval board doesn't move when your supporting activities are off plan. You need to adjust the plan to meet the date or reschedule with the agency.

In this case would you not just use a constraint = must start on x date

Posted: Jun 24, 2022 10:53 AM

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