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From: Barry Gregory Barry on 13 May 2010 10:41
What would cause a task to delay its start from its predecessor if there is
no lag and no resource contention. I have 2, 3day tasks for a resource that
are not lined up back to back. The second is waiting three days to start.

And yes, I have a new version of project that is not completely set up to my
liking.
From: John on 13 May 2010 11:34
In article <6587DA82-E174-4F1E-847D-72FFD508658D(a)microsoft.com>,
Barry Gregory <Barry Gregory(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> What would cause a task to delay its start from its predecessor if there is
> no lag and no resource contention. I have 2, 3day tasks for a resource that
> are not lined up back to back. The second is waiting three days to start.
>
> And yes, I have a new version of project that is not completely set up to my
> liking.

Barry,
My first guess is that the task is constrained with a
"start-no-earlier-than". This happens if the person who entered the task
manually entered a start date.

You should also check the working time calendar to make sure the 3 day
delay are really working days (e.g. a weekend and a Friday or Monday
holiday).

By the way, which version of Project are you using and which updates are
installed?

John
Project MVP
From: Jack Dahlgren MVP on 13 May 2010 12:18
If you have a link to the summary task it can cause this.
Leveling may be another cause.

-Jack Dahlgren

"Barry Gregory" <Barry Gregory(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6587DA82-E174-4F1E-847D-72FFD508658D(a)microsoft.com...
> What would cause a task to delay its start from its predecessor if there
> is
> no lag and no resource contention. I have 2, 3day tasks for a resource
> that
> are not lined up back to back. The second is waiting three days to start.
>
> And yes, I have a new version of project that is not completely set up to
> my
> liking.

From: Barry Gregory on 13 May 2010 12:50
Your thoughts are right on but I refrain from constraints so there are none
and the the calendar is wide open with a normal work week. I am using
Project 2007. What makes me curious is I imported this project from a book
on gaming. All the resources were Material at first. Hopefully that
information might help.

"John" wrote:

> In article <6587DA82-E174-4F1E-847D-72FFD508658D(a)microsoft.com>,
> Barry Gregory <Barry Gregory(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > What would cause a task to delay its start from its predecessor if there is
> > no lag and no resource contention. I have 2, 3day tasks for a resource that
> > are not lined up back to back. The second is waiting three days to start.
> >
> > And yes, I have a new version of project that is not completely set up to my
> > liking.
>
> Barry,
> My first guess is that the task is constrained with a
> "start-no-earlier-than". This happens if the person who entered the task
> manually entered a start date.
>
> You should also check the working time calendar to make sure the 3 day
> delay are really working days (e.g. a weekend and a Friday or Monday
> holiday).
>
> By the way, which version of Project are you using and which updates are
> installed?
>
> John
> Project MVP
> .
>
From: John on 13 May 2010 13:53
In article <3660CCFD-8338-4A83-AFF2-9AB0CB4E5B5F(a)microsoft.com>,
Barry Gregory <BarryGregory(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Your thoughts are right on but I refrain from constraints so there are none
> and the the calendar is wide open with a normal work week. I am using
> Project 2007. What makes me curious is I imported this project from a book
> on gaming. All the resources were Material at first. Hopefully that
> information might help.
Barry,
Jack offered a couple other suggestions. Have you checked those out? If
neither of those items apply it might be easier to e-mail me the file
and I'll take a look. If you decide to do that, zip the file and send it
to me at the address below. I will ask a few questions.

John
Project MVP
jensenljatatfastmaildotdotfm
(remove obvious redundancies)
>
> "John" wrote:
>
> > In article <6587DA82-E174-4F1E-847D-72FFD508658D(a)microsoft.com>,
> > Barry Gregory <Barry Gregory(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > > What would cause a task to delay its start from its predecessor if there
> > > is
> > > no lag and no resource contention. I have 2, 3day tasks for a resource
> > > that
> > > are not lined up back to back. The second is waiting three days to
> > > start.
> > >
> > > And yes, I have a new version of project that is not completely set up to
> > > my
> > > liking.
> >
> > Barry,
> > My first guess is that the task is constrained with a
> > "start-no-earlier-than". This happens if the person who entered the task
> > manually entered a start date.
> >
> > You should also check the working time calendar to make sure the 3 day
> > delay are really working days (e.g. a weekend and a Friday or Monday
> > holiday).
> >
> > By the way, which version of Project are you using and which updates are
> > installed?
> >
> > John
> > Project MVP
> > .
> >
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