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From: jp on 23 Feb 2010 19:39

Hi,

I have a project with many tasks and the developer has moved on to get the
most important tasks done -- because of time. How do I place previous tasks
on hold?
That's because based on the project some things should've been done this
week but instead other tasks have taken priority.

-jp
From: Andrew Lavinsky on 23 Feb 2010 20:46
A couple of options to try out:

1) Just add dependencies from the higher priority tasks to the lower
priority tasks.
2) Set task priorities and level your project.
3) Not sure how you're updating your project, but you could open the Gantt
Chart view and expose the Stop and Resume fields. Then manually plug dates
into the Resume fields.

I haven't quite used that approach manually, but I have played with a macro
that does just that.

If you can't enter dates into the Resume field, check Tools > Options to
ensure that Splitting Tasks is allowed.


"jp" wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I have a project with many tasks and the developer has moved on to get the
> most important tasks done -- because of time. How do I place previous tasks
> on hold?
> That's because based on the project some things should've been done this
> week but instead other tasks have taken priority.
>
> -jp
From: Jan De Messemaeker on 24 Feb 2010 02:51
Hi,

Try this:
Tools
Tracking
Update Project
Reschedule uncompleted work to start after..
OK

HTH

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
"jp" <jp(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi,
>
> I have a project with many tasks and the developer has moved on to get the
> most important tasks done -- because of time. How do I place previous
> tasks
> on hold?
> That's because based on the project some things should've been done this
> week but instead other tasks have taken priority.
>
> -jp


From: Andrew Lavinsky on 24 Feb 2010 08:21
That's probably simpler than the other options I threw out....go with Jan's
suggestion.


- Andrew Lavinsky
Blog: http://blogs.catapultsystems.com/epm

> Hi,
>
> Try this:
> Tools
> Tracking
> Update Project
> Reschedule uncompleted work to start after..
> OK
> HTH
>


From: jp on 24 Feb 2010 10:46

oh ok. So there is no way to suspend tasks in MS-Project 2003?

I have to try Andrew's option of exposing the fields he suggested. I will
try your suggestion too. The funny thing about MS-Project is that you can
always plan it but it rarely follows a "single yellow line" and that's where
we neeed a button to suspend things.... Thansk Jan, Andrew for your
suggestions.
;-)

-jp

"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Try this:
> Tools
> Tracking
> Update Project
> Reschedule uncompleted work to start after..
> OK
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Jan De Messemaeker
> Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
> +32 495 300 620
> For availability check:
> http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
> "jp" <jp(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BEDA59C5-BA49-4358-837F-5F6B8CFB0E0D(a)microsoft.com...
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a project with many tasks and the developer has moved on to get the
> > most important tasks done -- because of time. How do I place previous
> > tasks
> > on hold?
> > That's because based on the project some things should've been done this
> > week but instead other tasks have taken priority.
> >
> > -jp
>
>
> .
>
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