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The Conundrum of Task Types in MS Project

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Let’s consider the following situation: Your project has been running behind schedule for the past few weeks. You have done everything in your power to rectify the situation and bring the project back on track, but alas, your efforts have fallen short. But, MS Project starts to change the schedule in its own way.

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How to Correctly Setup Actual Dates in MS Project

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How do you expect MS Project (MSP) to behave when you enter an Actual Start date for a task? Enter a new task. It uses the Project Start date as a default date for these fields. The Conundrum of Actual Dates. Add a second task in MSP, and put a number in the Duration field. Figure II. Figure III.