Microsoft Project
Tasks - other topics exercise
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Exercise: London marathon - links and constraints

1) Download the files needed to start this exercise: exercise-215.zip (and click here if you experience any problems unzipping this file after downloading it).
2) Open the file London Marathon.mpp, located in the folder shown above.
3) Create the following links:
  • Application => Get sponsors
  • Application => Race day
  • Training => Race day
  • Get sponsors => Race day
  • Race day => Collect sponsors
4) Your Gantt Chart should resemble the example below:
Exercise screen-shot 2224 All tasks start as late as possible
5) It is in our interests to start getting sponsors as soon as possible.  Apply the indicated constraints to the following tasks:
  • Application (As Soon As Possible)
  • Training (As Soon As Possible)
  • Get sponsors (As Soon As Possible)
6) Your Gantt Chart should resemble the example below:
Exercise screen-shot 2225 The applied constraints have moved the tasks
7) Close the file saving the changes.

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