This feature is available only in Project KickStart Professional.

In Project KickStart Pro, when you schedule with dependencies, you can adapt to changes on the fly and create what-if scenarios to forecast how one change affects the overall project schedule. A common scenario is dealing with delays. You can reschedule an entire project or only selected tasks. When you do, Project KickStart Pro updates the schedule for you.

To delay an entire project:

• Click in the Project Start text box, and then edit the date to match your new start date. (You can edit the day, month, or year.)

Or

1. Click the Project Start list arrow to display the calendar. The calendar highlights the selected date and outlines today's date.
2. Find the date you want, using the left and right scroll arrows to view a different month, and then click the date.

Project KickStart changes the Start and Finish dates for all tasks according to your selection.

To delay a task:

• In Task Data view, double-click the Days column for the task, and then edit the number of days it will take to complete the task.

Project KickStart changes the Finish date of the task, adjusts the taskbar in the Chart view, and changes the Start and Finish dates for all tasks linked to this task.

Or

• In Chart view, resize a taskbar by clicking the taskbar, and then dragging its left edge to schedule a different start date or dragging its right edge to schedule a different finish date.

Project KickStart updates the summary bar in Chart view, the task dates and duration in the Task Data view, and reschedules all tasks linked to this task.

• To reschedule a task without changing the duration in Chart view, drag the taskbar to a different date.

Project KickStart updates the task dates and duration as necessary in the Task Data view, and reschedules all tasks linked to this task.

Note

• Project KickStart Pro does not include a critical path.