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Finish Flag Query

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Fri, 2004-10-01 04:31
Samantha McCulloch
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I am trying to anaylise a P3 schedule given to me which has a Finish Flag. I have made a Target schedule of the original schedule, and am currently trialing some different duration options on the Target 1 I have made. Whilst changing some durations I have noticed that the Finish Flag (which happens to be the Project Complete Activity) moves out......which I would expect if it had Predeccessors or successors....which I cannot see. Plus I have looked for a constraint...non to be seen.

Can somebody tell me how this would happen, as I have never used the Type: Flag activity before.

Thank you
Samantha
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Fri, 2004-10-01 05:19
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Steven Oliver
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Ooops. Having just reread my earlier post, Can I point out that a start flag can have a predecessor, but not a successor.
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Fri, 2004-10-01 04:50
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IC Quiamco
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You can add precessor and successor column (Format, Column)
so you can see it.

You can view the activities with constraint, in early dates column those item with asteris on their early dates are the items with constraints.

Hope this help.
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Fri, 2004-10-01 04:47
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Samantha McCulloch
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Brilliant. Thank you for your quick reply.

This absolutely makes sense.

Good planning.

Samantha
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Fri, 2004-10-01 04:41
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Steven Oliver
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Essentially, if a finish flag activity has no predecessors, then it will default to the latest early finish of the rest of the plan.

Incidentally, a finish flag cannot have a successor (in the same way as a start flag cant have a predecessor.

HTH
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