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Planned Strat / Early Start

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Tue, 2008-06-03 06:30
Shahzad Sikandar
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What is difference between Planned Start and Early Start dates?

how do i mangage these dates in schedule?
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Tue, 2008-06-03 10:37
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Shahzad Sikandar
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thanks Kosa
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Tue, 2008-06-03 09:15
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Darren Kosa
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Hi Shahzad,

By Planned Start, I assume you mean the dates in the ’Start’ column relating to the scheduled dates the tasks are due / planned to begin?

These dates are determined by MS Project based on a combination of calendar (project or task), precedence (task dependencies) or constraints (ASAP etc).

The Early Start date are determined by backward and forward passes (ES / EF / LS / LF), taking into account Float (Slack in MS Project). Depending on whether the project is scheduled from the Start Date or a known Finish Date (most are scheduled from the Start Date) the Early Start will be the same as the Planned / Scheduled Start.

When updating / progressing a schedule you can also use Actual Start, but that’s another story for another time...

Regards,

Darren
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