My best idea would be to use a template. When you create a new project from a template, MLO adjusts all of the dates so that the project starts today (the day that you create it) and each task's duration stays unchanged. See https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/YWlm-1XWRyo/9T8LJX0SKtsJ for some hints on using templates. This will only work if you can predict the duration of each task when the project starts - there will be no recalculating dates mid-project when something takes longer or shorter than expected. When MLO recalculates dates, every day is the same as every other - there is no accommodating for holidays, vacations or even weekends. Also, I understand that you would like to begin from a fixed end date and calculate back to the start, MLO begins from the start date and calculates when it will finish, but there are some hints on how to get MLO to help you pick a start date. If these are serious problems for you, you should use project management software like Microsoft Project that have all of these issues solved. Project management software is much more complex to learn and also much more expensive. MLO is not really a full blown project manager, it is more of a personal task manager.
If you would like me to send you step by step instructions for setting up a template, picking a start date, and creating a new project based on the template please let me know. -Dwight From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Globi Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 2:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MLO] Re: Feature Request: Lead Time from Inherited Parent Dates Thanks for the reply. I describe the problem. I have a task with an end date. To accomplish this task are some tasks to complete before. As an example, 10 weeks before the end date must be ordered something. Now changes the end date must be manually changed all the sub task. Lead time for inherited parent dates would be a solution. Any other ideas? -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/304a9044-9ab5-4696-9dd4-38 8832c82f4d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/000001cea4bf%24807a98b0%24816fca10%24%40GrantSmiths.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
