You are going about it the right way by adding a task to represent any extra work and then recording progress.
You may be assuming that the extra work delays the start of the affected task which may not always be the case.
Another method is to extend the affected task by the duration of the extra work and record progress on the extended task - you can change to colur code to distinguish them from regular tasks.
You do not need to keep two programmes going to show the differences.
In Library Explorer > Link Categories you can set up a link category for instructions and colour it blue.
Use this category to link your instructions
Then in Options > Reschedule > Ignore Link Category
You can switch the instruction link on and off as required for progress update.
I use this facility when adding delay events to a task during delay analysis - it also helps when doing any what if scenarios.
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19 years 10 monthsHi Keith First welcome to
Hi Keith
First welcome to planning planet
You are going about it the right way by adding a task to represent any extra work and then recording progress.
You may be assuming that the extra work delays the start of the affected task which may not always be the case.
Another method is to extend the affected task by the duration of the extra work and record progress on the extended task - you can change to colur code to distinguish them from regular tasks.
You do not need to keep two programmes going to show the differences.
In Library Explorer > Link Categories you can set up a link category for instructions and colour it blue.
Use this category to link your instructions
Then in Options > Reschedule > Ignore Link Category
You can switch the instruction link on and off as required for progress update.
I use this facility when adding delay events to a task during delay analysis - it also helps when doing any what if scenarios.
Best regards
Mike Testro