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Why doesn't MS Project change project end date if tasks are finished ahead of schedule?

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Let's say for the sake of simplification that I have a project with 3 tasks: A B and C. Task A is scheduled to be completed in 10 days. Tasks B & C are 1 day each. Since all 3 tasks are being performed by the same resource they happen one after the other, making the project 12 days long. Now let's …

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The short answer... because the MS Project team doesn't have to dog-food their own product. Really MS Project isn't going to recalculate the rest of the project every time you change the completion of a value (and it may not be appropriate either). …

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