Maybe you want to contact Merlin support on this with a sample project. If you want Merlin to calculate the needed work and duration, simply delete the pre-defined value of 1 day in the planned work field: So you define the earliest start and end dates for the activity. The activity should start and end on specific dates. There is no need to define an earliest end date…ĥ. The activity should start on a specific date and there is an estimation about the needed work.Ĭreate the activity, enter the estimated work and edit its earliest start date. Merlin will stretch the activity to fit the duration.Ĥ. In this case define the estimated work and duration in the planned values. There is an estimation about the needed work and a fixed duration within this work should be accomplished. Note: Merlin calculating expected start and end.ģ. The activity should start just after a previous activity is done and there is an estimation about the needed work.Ĭreate a new activity, select first the predecessor and than this one, link them by a “Finish to Start’ linkage…Īnd define the estimated work as mentioned above, which results as: … and see Merlin calculating its “expected end”.Ģ. Create a new activity, define its estimated work, leave planned earliest start and end dates empty… The activity should start on project initiation and there is an estimation about the needed work. The activity should start and end on specific dates.ġ.The activity should start on a specific date and there is an estimation about the needed work.There is an estimation about the needed work and a fixed duration within this work should be accomplished.The activity should start just after a previous activity is done and there is an estimation about the needed work.The activity should start on project initiation and there is an estimation about the needed work.In this post we will show 5 ways resulting from the following 5 situations: It allows to plan activities for accomplishing your project in various ways.

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