Lag time between Start-Date and Finish-Date

Is it possible to add lag time between Start and Finish date of a single task?
(I know its possibe to add lag time between 2 tasks that are linked)

Thanks in advance.

Yes. It's called the Duration.
Did you have something else in mind?
Do you have an example?
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"Shahriar N k" <ShahriarNk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:466CBC05-B484-4F2B-BED9-75FB8643A554@microsoft.com...
> Is it possible to add lag time between Start and Finish date of a single
> task?
> (I know its possibe to add lag time between 2 tasks that are linked)
>
> Thanks in advance.

I will provide a little more clarification:
Consider 1 single task T of Work = 8hrs, Resource = 100%, hence Duration =
8hrs.
So, if T starts on 03/29 it will finish on 03/29. But i want T to finish on
03/30 with out affecting Work or Resource%.
Do you think that is possible?
Thanks.
"Trevor Rabey - Perfect Project Planning" wrote:

> Yes. It's called the Duration.
> Did you have something else in mind?
> Do you have an example?
> --
> Trevor Rabey

Hi,

Well, it's not easy, and I don't understand the relevance but yes, it is
feasible
Make the duration 2 days: work jumps to 16 hrs
Task Usage View, change bottom tier of timescale to hours
Enter 0 for work during the "interruption" hours until total work becomes
the original 8 hrs.
There you are.
HTH

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"Shahriar Nour Khondokar" <ShahriarNourKhondokar@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:C239C999-5D27-4C0C-A1A2-1975FA0EF602@microsoft.com...
>I will provide a little more clarification:
> Consider 1 single task T of Work = 8hrs, Resource = 100%, hence Duration =
> 8hrs.
> So, if T starts on 03/29 it will finish on 03/29. But i want T to finish
> on
> 03/30 with out affecting Work or Resource%.
> Do you think that is possible?
> Thanks.
> "Trevor Rabey - Perfect Project Planning" wrote:
>
>> Yes. It's called the Duration.
>> Did you have something else in mind?
>> Do you have an example?
>> --
>> Trevor Rabey
>

Hi Shahriar ,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)

It sounds to me as if you want to split the task leaving a gap in between.
Click the split button on the toolbar, move the cursor to the point you want
to split the bar, then click and drag to the right. Alternatively, in the
Task Usage view, enter zeros on the days you want the lag.

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Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :)

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Shahriar N k wrote:
> Is it possible to add lag time between Start and Finish date of a
> single task? (I know its possibe to add lag time between 2 tasks that
> are linked)
>
> Thanks in advance.

You can split the task using the "Spit Task" tool on the toolbar. That
would be the equivalent to adding lag time since a split task begins and
procedes for a period of time, then stands down with work stopping for a
while, and then resumes so work can again procede. You can split the task
as many times as you need. Note that when you do, the suration number
doesnt change because time within the split is considered non-worknig time
and so isn't counted in the duration. If you have a task that runs the
first two weeks in February and split it by a week, the task will now finish
3 weeks after it starts however its duration will remain at 2 weeks.

HTH


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"Shahriar N k" <ShahriarNk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:466CBC05-B484-4F2B-BED9-75FB8643A554@microsoft.com...
> Is it possible to add lag time between Start and Finish date of a single
> task?
> (I know its possibe to add lag time between 2 tasks that are linked)
>
> Thanks in advance.