+1 Something like this would be good. Or as somebody else suggested a while back, if I remember correctly allowing a dependency to specify a lead or lag (although that might work slightly differently, I guess).
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Civil > Sent: 17 October 2009 11:07 a > To: MyLifeOrganized > Subject: [MLO] Feature Request: Lead Time from Inherited Parent Dates > > > > I believe it could be reasonable to enable lead time for > inherited parent dates. This small change should allow much > more project planning felxibility to MLO. > > For example you have simple two-step project > Project (due 17.10.09) > I_____Task 1 (inherited 17.10.09) > I_____Task 2 (inherited 17.10.09) > > When planning the project you realise that you need to start > Task 1 five days before the project deadline, and Task 2 > three days before the project deadline. You set the > resepctive deadlines for tasks 1 and 2. > > Project (due 17.10.09) > I_____Task 1 (manually set 17.10.09 - minus 5 days lead time) > I_____Task 2 (manually set 17.10.09 - minus 3 days lead time) > > Furhter, if the deadline for the project changes, you need to > reset deadlines for each task again. This will be really > ineficient for a normal multi-task project. If we added the > proposed feature the picture will look as follows: > > Project (due 20.10.09) > I_____Task 1 (automatically set 15.10.09 [5 days lead time]) > I_____Task 2 (automatically set 17.10.09 [3 days lead time]) > > Please comment if U agree. > > Kind regards, > Dmitry > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
