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Must start / must end date restrictions
Dear community
I'm a Project Manager in the field of business administration. I'm a former MsProject user.
I'm very happy using Smart Sheet. It's great and I would recommend to use it. However as
Project Manager for projects within the administration environment I do have a desperate
need Smart Sheet does not cover. It known in MsProject as time/date restriction "must
start at [date]" and "must end at [date]". This function is a MUST for business projects as
many tasks are set to specific dates and MUST START or END at that specific day even they
have a changing or not connecting predecessor and/or a successor with relationship to
that particular task.
Does somebody have a solution or did I miss the functionality in SmartSheet? It's a real need.
Due to that missing function the whole project team had to switch back to MsProject. I'm
aware of the Lag-days function as well as "not connecting the tasks" is a known option but not a
valid solution.
Many thanks for your inputs
Lukas
Comments
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Smartsheet does not have constraints like how you are describing. The suggestions I would give are what you already mentioned - lag days and not using predecessors on certain rows.
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Thank you for your comment Bob.
This is a drastic functional leak - even a show stopper.
I share know how with other Project Managers from my
site using smart sheet. The requirement is a clear need
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Any update on this? It's a basic function that I imagine EVERY PM would need. It is a game changer for not using Smartsheet for schedules for sure.
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Yes, I agree!
The fact that the missing function is still not available is very disappointing and prevents the consistent use of Smartsheet as the standard tool.
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Agree, we need a fixed constraints capability.
Trying to do it using relationships/lags is a ball-ache and bad practice as it is corrupt logic.
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Yes, this is a week workaround!
I still don't get it why smartsheet development ignores that crucial missing functionality!
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I think that introducing constraint functionality would be very helpful in Smartsheet. There are many times that I have a milestone that should start no earlier than a certain date, but I still want to honor any predecessors such that if they shift out, it will force the milestone or task date to shift out as well.
How do we get Smartsheet to prioritize this?? -
Thxs for your comment. I truly have no clue why smart sheet is not introducing this vital function. Many of our departments @ Roche would be using smart sheet if that function would be there - so we still paying Microsoft Project licenses ....
painful!
