Your project management methodology requires you to schedule from a finish date. You are not sure when your project will begin. It is often still a good idea to switch back to scheduling from the start date when work on the project begins. You want to identify the date when a project must start in order to finish on a specific required date. Once you’ve done that, you can use the Move Project feature.Īdvantages of scheduling from a finish date Now, set a time in the future after which uncompleted work can be scheduled actual dates on tasks will not move. Click Project > Update Project, then select the Reschedule uncompleted work to start after option. To have more control over how actual and uncompleted parts of tasks move, use the Project Update feature first before moving. When you move a project, you can decide whether you want Project to also move dates on actual work performed. You can change the project start date or finish date whenever you want to, even after you build the project plan.
It cannot be scheduled from both dates simultaneously. In the Start date or Finish date box, enter the date that you want to schedule from.Ī project can only be scheduled from the start date or from the finish date at any one time. In the Schedule from list, pick Project Start Date or Project Finish Date. Schedule your project start date or finish date
