PRJ98: Task with Incomplete Resource Assignment Shows Critical
Article ID: 189869
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q189869
SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project 98, when you apply progress to a resource assignment
of a non-critical task, or you change a resource assignment of a non-
critical task the task may become critical.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs because Project incorrectly calculates slack for the
task which is used to determining the task is critical. This will occur for
non-critical tasks with the following conditions:
- Tasks that have more than one resource assigned.
- At least one assignment is complete.
- One or more resource assignments for the task have Actual Work and
Remaining Work greater than zero and the assignment is not
complete.
When all assignments are complete, the task will properly appear as non-
critical.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB189869