How do I indicate a project or task that has a preferred start date, but whose start is delayed?
An example of this:
Let's say I am building a large product & tracking tasks to complete it.
I have a ship date for the product as an end date.
There is an ETC which I need to use as my target schedule.
I have an 8 week lead time for a project task, perhaps a subassembly that needs to build fabricated by an outside machine shop.
They have a lead time for materials & they need to schedule the machine time.
However, the task did not begin on time. Perhaps the quote process was delayed & they will be starting a week late.
One is a valid projection & the other is real life timing. At some point, they could converge & the task be on schedule again. Its essential for me to track both those dates.
How do I manage this?
An example of this:
Let's say I am building a large product & tracking tasks to complete it.
I have a ship date for the product as an end date.
There is an ETC which I need to use as my target schedule.
I have an 8 week lead time for a project task, perhaps a subassembly that needs to build fabricated by an outside machine shop.
They have a lead time for materials & they need to schedule the machine time.
However, the task did not begin on time. Perhaps the quote process was delayed & they will be starting a week late.
One is a valid projection & the other is real life timing. At some point, they could converge & the task be on schedule again. Its essential for me to track both those dates.
How do I manage this?