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Hammocks

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Wed, 2006-11-08 04:36
mark armstrong
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Hi
i’m trying to setup a summary hammock that will allow me to roll up 5 successor activities. i’ve set the successors up as ff relationships as noted in the help files. I’m not to sure how to roll this up to a summary level though....
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Wed, 2006-12-06 15:08
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Tahir Naseem PMP,...
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Hi eugene
You can creat the Hammock activity in boath way. It is better in my opnion to use A1,a2,a3,b1,b2,b3 rather then HA, HB.
regards
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Sat, 2006-12-02 08:40
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Reynaldo Y. Calay...
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hi guys!

hi eugene......

my suggestion....

copy the file you are working on and experiment ....

try what will happen ...........

put the WHAT IF SCENARIOS...........

have fun c",)
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Mon, 2006-11-27 03:58
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Dayanidhi Dhandapany
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you can create Hammock H for covering HA and HB. it will show up the overall summary for the HA and HB.
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Mon, 2006-11-27 02:48
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Eugene K
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hey guys, this is a question related to hammocks.

i hv activties A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3
and hammock HA covering A1, A2, A3
and hammock HB covering B12, B2, B3

question:
in P3
can i create hammock H covering HA and HB?
or must i create H to cover A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3?
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Sun, 2006-11-12 20:24
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mark armstrong
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Thanks guys your advise has helped alot. i think i need to rethink how to set up my schedule. i’m now thinking hammocks aren’t the way to go with this particular issue.
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Sun, 2006-11-12 12:29
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Umerfarook Deshmukh
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Yes Whatever Ronald suggested is the only way to solve your problem. If anyone else know any other way of Hammocking the activities please post reply.
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Wed, 2006-11-08 10:52
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Ronald Winter
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Mark,

You also have to set up the same 5 activities as Predecessors to the Hammock with Start-to-start relationships. Then re-calculate the CPM.

The ‘roll-up’ occurs when you code the lower activities to be filtered-out ot the current view or report, leaving just the summary Hammock activity to represent them. Good luck!
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