Microsoft KB Archive/113759

= Incorrect Late Start and Late Finish dates when you move a task in Project =

Article ID: 113759

Article Last Modified on 11/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007
 * Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007
 * Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003
 * Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003
 * Microsoft Project 2002 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Project 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.1a
 * Microsoft Project 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.0 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q113759



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project, when you move a task to start after the project finish date, the Late Start and Late Finish dates for the task are calculated incorrectly if the project is scheduled from the project finish date.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.



MORE INFORMATION
When you move a task to start after the project finish date, and the project is scheduled from the project finish date, the task is scheduled after the project finish. This behavior is expected. However, the Late Start and Late Finish dates for the task are the same as the scheduled start and finish. This behavior is incorrect because the task cannot start or finish after the project finishes; therefore, the task should appear with negative slack.

Note that this behavior does not occur in Microsoft Project version 3.0.

Additional query words: PRJ2002 PRJ2003 PRJ 2007 prj2000

Keywords: kbtshoot kbpending kbusage KB113759

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