MS Project Question--umbrella tasks

Paul Bibler PMP Bartlett, Il, United States

I'm trying to set up an umbrella task in Project 2000. I want it to start when the project starts, and end when the project ends. I have heard the term "hammock" for these tasks as well. I was able to do this in P3, but I can't figure it out in Project2000, nor can anyone I work with. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Posted: Dec 13, 2001 7:41 AM

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Jeanine McGuire Jacksonville, Fl, United States

Paul,

I haven't been able to accomplish this either. I've worked around it with milestone tasks to indicate the project start and end dates. When you include these tasks under the umbrella task, the dates of the umbrella task reflect the start and end of the project.

Posted: Dec 17, 2001 10:07 AM

Anonymous

see if the following provides any help:
http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm#Hammock Tasks

Posted: Dec 17, 2001 11:19 AM

Paul Bibler PMP Bartlett, Il, United States

Rich,

That seems to work, just what I was looking for. Thanks for the tip.

Posted: Dec 17, 2001 11:40 AM

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