Hi,
I am trying to figure out what will be the best way to show plan when I have constraints on accessing the building to perform installation of items.
For example, I need to access the dates between 1 Dec and 31 Dec, but my parts won't arrive until 15 January. How could I show the 15 January in a Critical Path, that it is affected by the building access dates.
I can post a sample of the activities if someone is willing to help me further.
Regards,
you have several options
from your senerio it appears that you have 15 calendar days of float between Dec 31 and Jan 15 so this is a little confusing to me. The building access is NOT delaying the project but the parts delivery is the driving factor.
but to do what you want
option #1 use 2 constraints and a lag
for the acess activity use a primary constraint start on or after 1 Dec and a secondary constraint fnish on or before Dec 31
now for the parts delivery you can use a expect finish date constraint of Jan 15 and put a 10 day lag from the building access activity to the parts delivery.
option #2 use 2 constraints and add a 10 day activity for packing/loading/transportation
for the acess activity use a primary constraint start on or after 1 Dec and a secondary constraint fnish on or before Dec 31
add a 10 day activity for packing/loading/transportation AFTER the access and prior to the installation.