You are managing an insurance claim processing process, and you have just been informed that the repairer, Chris Gray, will not be available for work after June 7, 2011, for several days. You need to set a constraint on one of his tasks to reflect this information, even if it causes a conflict with existing task relationships.
GET READY. Launch Microsoft Project if it is not already running. OPEN Insurance Claim Processing 5-1 from the data files for this lesson.
1. Click the name of task 16, Repairer notifies adjuster.
2. On the Task tab, click the Task Information button, located in the Properties group. Then click the Advanced tab.
3. In the Constraint type box, select Start No Later Than. In the Constraint date box, key or select 6/7/11. Click OK.
4. In the Planning Wizard dialog box that appears, select the Continue. A Start No Later Than constraint will be set. option. Click OK.
5. In the next Planning Wizard dialog box that appears, select the Continue. Allow the scheduling conflict option, then click OK.
The Insurance Claim Processing 5-1 file for this lesson is available on the book companion website.
6. SAVE the project schedule as Insurance Claim Processing Constraint, then CLOSE the file. (MOAC 102-103)