Showing delays   

I need to see the delay of a task, meaning that I need MS Project to 
calculate how much time elapsed from task finish to a later date. Also, it 
would be very useful to add to that delay also the duration corresponding to 
outstanding work of that task. 
Is there a solution to this? Thanks

date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:50:04 -0700   author:   george

Re: Showing delays   

In article ,
 george  wrote:

> I need to see the delay of a task, meaning that I need MS Project to 
> calculate how much time elapsed from task finish to a later date. Also, it 
> would be very useful to add to that delay also the duration corresponding to 
> outstanding work of that task. 
> Is there a solution to this? Thanks

George,
Are you talking about setting up the plan (inserting delays where 
appropriate), or monitoring the plan performance (comparing plan to 
actual)? For the former, include lag or "filler tasks" in the plan when 
it is developed. For the latter, the Start Variance, Finish Variance and 
Duration Variance fields show the difference between the original plan 
and the actual (baseline versus current schedule). You did set a 
baseline, right?

John
Project MVP

date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:39:01 -0700   author:   John

Re: Showing delays   

Hi John,

I have been following this thread. I have a project plan that has a baseline 
and now in the middle of the gantt.
Could you tell me in brief the best way to:

1) Change start dates --> eg. input/change the start date directly? Suppose 
Task1 starts 2 days ahead or after the planned date.

2) Suppose Task2 starts on the scheduled date but gets delayed over the 
entire period. eg. it has reached only 50% of its task after the scheduled 10 
days. The planned duration was 10 days but after 10 days, only 50% of the 
task has been completed. What is the best way to change this -- eg. change 
"days" or "finished date"!

Regards,
Dip

"John" wrote:

> In article ,
>  george  wrote:
> 
> > I need to see the delay of a task, meaning that I need MS Project to 
> > calculate how much time elapsed from task finish to a later date. Also, it 
> > would be very useful to add to that delay also the duration corresponding to 
> > outstanding work of that task. 
> > Is there a solution to this? Thanks
> 
> George,
> Are you talking about setting up the plan (inserting delays where 
> appropriate), or monitoring the plan performance (comparing plan to 
> actual)? For the former, include lag or "filler tasks" in the plan when 
> it is developed. For the latter, the Start Variance, Finish Variance and 
> Duration Variance fields show the difference between the original plan 
> and the actual (baseline versus current schedule). You did set a 
> baseline, right?
> 
> John
> Project MVP
>

date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 22:28:10 -0700   author:   Dip