If the "monitoring milestones" such as "receive all euipment" are not linked to something in the programme then are pointless unless they are just in place for reporting purposes or to trigger some sort of stage payment.
In which case any float is irelevant.
Best regards
Mike Testro
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Submitted by Haroon Rasheed on Sat, 2014-08-30 08:07
Open ended activities in any case have huge total floats. They may be delayed up to project finish, so linking them with finish milestone does not increase their floats.
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Submitted by Haroon Rasheed on Tue, 2014-08-26 15:38
I will state it on the "Basis of Schedule/Schedule Assumptions" document.
Thank you for validating this method. I was worried if this was a taboo since everybody goes by the 'no-open-ends-except-first-and-last-activity' logic.
Haroon
P.S: yes, the same Haroon Al Rasheed ;)
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Submitted by Dieter Wambach on Mon, 2014-08-25 19:52
Before you start your planning you write down all assumptions and discuss them with the PM. The use of open end control milestones for reporting purpose in my opinion is absolutely but must be part of this discussion and part of the planning procedure. Otherwise this might lead to misunderstandings.
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11 years 2 monthsHi Haroon,You have one of two
Hi Haroon,
You have one of two options:
1- assign a constrain on the activity to finish on/ afte/ before a certain given date
2- Link this activity to the final milestone of the project (for example finish project)
Regards
Aziz
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18 years 9 monthsHi Haroon This setting does
Hi Haroon
This setting does only mean that if you'll filter for critical activities they'll be included to remind you to link them.
In your case this link is - as Mike wrote before - irrelevant. I wouldn't mark this option.
Regards
Dieter
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19 years 10 monthsHi HaroonIf the "monitoring
Hi Haroon
If the "monitoring milestones" such as "receive all euipment" are not linked to something in the programme then are pointless unless they are just in place for reporting purposes or to trigger some sort of stage payment.
In which case any float is irelevant.
Best regards
Mike Testro
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17 yearsHi Vladimir,I forgot to
Hi Vladimir,
I forgot to mention that you should tick the "Make open-ended activities critical" under Schedule options.
-Haroon
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24 years 8 monthsOpen ended activities in any
Open ended activities in any case have huge total floats. They may be delayed up to project finish, so linking them with finish milestone does not increase their floats.
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17 yearsHi Vladimir,Linking like that
Hi Vladimir,
Linking like that will again generate huge Total float.
Haroon
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24 years 8 monthsIf somebody will insist on No
If somebody will insist on No open ends link all open end milestones with project finish milestone.
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17 yearsHello Dieter,I will state it
Hello Dieter,
I will state it on the "Basis of Schedule/Schedule Assumptions" document.
Thank you for validating this method. I was worried if this was a taboo since everybody goes by the 'no-open-ends-except-first-and-last-activity' logic.
Haroon
P.S: yes, the same Haroon Al Rasheed ;)
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18 years 9 monthsHi Haroon (Hārūn
Hi Haroon (Hārūn ar-Raschīd?)
Before you start your planning you write down all assumptions and discuss them with the PM. The use of open end control milestones for reporting purpose in my opinion is absolutely but must be part of this discussion and part of the planning procedure. Otherwise this might lead to misunderstandings.
Have a good planning
Dieter