Is there any way to do this yet? I need to set start and stop dates with a relative offset from the inherited parent dates.
On Monday, October 19, 2009 4:35:15 PM UTC-4, Richard C wrote: > > +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] <javascript:> > > [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:>] 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
