{"id":1326,"date":"2019-12-19T13:07:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T18:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foxquestsystems.net\/foxblog\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2020-01-07T09:32:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T14:32:49","slug":"activities-with-no-finish-side-successors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foxquestsystems.net\/foxblog\/2019\/12\/19\/activities-with-no-finish-side-successors\/","title":{"rendered":"Activities with No Finish Side Successors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Precedence Diagram Method (PDM) of defining relationships between activities is a powerful tool. Often, however, Schedulers, sometimes unknowingly, misuse the options available when defining relationships between activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the illustration below, Activity \u201cE\u201d is assigned to \u201cB\u201d as a predecessor with relationship Finish-to-Start (FS) and is assigned to \u201cF\u201d with relationship Start-to-Start (SS). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since \u201cF\u201d has a predecessor and a successor activity, it does not violate the \u201cNo Open Ends\u201d rule. In fact, running the P6 Global filters, \u201cActivities without Predecessors\u201d and \u201cActivities without Successors\u201d will display no results.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, since \u201cE\u201d is related to its only successor, \u201cF\u201d using SS, \u201cE\u201d does not effectively contribute to the CPM network. In fact, when \u201cE\u2019s\u201d status is updated to \u201cIn Progress\u201d, it essentially behaves like an \u201copen ended\u201d activity yet still complies with the \u201cNo Open Ends\u201d rule. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, in P6, there is no Filter that can be constructed to check for \u201cno finish side successors\u201d. However, Z\u00fcmmer checks this anomaly with Report #14 \u2013 \u201cActivities With No Finish Side Successor\u201d.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The converse to this issue is \u201cActivities with No Start Side Predecessors\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.foxquestsystems.net\/foxblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/T009-No-Finish-Side-Successor.jpg?resize=840%2C473\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.foxquestsystems.net\/foxblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/T009-No-Finish-Side-Successor.jpg?w=992&amp;ssl=1 992w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.foxquestsystems.net\/foxblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/T009-No-Finish-Side-Successor.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.foxquestsystems.net\/foxblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/T009-No-Finish-Side-Successor.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Copyright \u00a92019 FoxQuest Systems, Inc. &#8211; All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Precedence Diagram Method (PDM) of defining relationships between activities is a powerful tool. Often, however, Schedulers, sometimes unknowingly, misuse the options available when defining relationships between activities. In the illustration below, Activity \u201cE\u201d is assigned to \u201cB\u201d as a predecessor with relationship Finish-to-Start (FS) and is assigned to \u201cF\u201d with relationship Start-to-Start (SS). 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