Microsoft KB Archive/118347

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How to Link a Milestone to Begin on the Next Working Day

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Q118347

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Project for Windows, versions 1.0, 3.0, 3.0a, 4.0
 * Microsoft Project for the Macintosh, versions 1.1, 3.0, 3.0a

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SUMMARY
When a milestone is linked in a finish-to-start relationship, its scheduled start date may be the same as the predecessor's scheduled finish date. This behavior will occur if the milestone task has a constraint of As Soon As Possible and the predecessor task does not allow lag time.

MORE INFORMATION
Because the duration of a milestone task is 0 (0d), the task can start on the end date of the predecessor task. To schedule a milestone to begin the next day, use a duration of 0ed (elapsed days), as in the following example:

  Predecessor   Finish             Milestone     Dur. Start -  Task1         7/15/94 5:00pm     Task2         0d     7/15/94 5:00pm Task1        7/15/94 5:00pm     Task2         0ed    7/16/94 8:00am Task1        7/15/94 4:59pm     Task2         0ed    7/15/94 4:59pm NOTE: This will work ONLY if the predecessor task's finish date is equal to a nonworking time.

Additional query words: 3.00a

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