Greetings! We're new to using the project templates within Workfront but have had step-by-step task-based cycle time templates in use for years in other systems. We know what the dates should come out to and that they are not. Sometimes the timing is off by days, a week. Other times a single tasks or parent/child family will be off by a full month or more. Plus with the job in Planning and the deadline and tasks in the future the Projected Completion dates are also way off. Tried building as a template. Applying to a test Project, Saving as Template once 'fixed'. Applying to new test or live jobs with no success, yet . Project Info:
Schedule from Completion Date
Status Planning (for now)
Condition Type; Progress Status
Using Milestone Path and Milestones
Includes Parent / Child tasks
Last task only Must Finish On
All other tasks ASAP (tried other options including all ALAP, others constraints, and a mix of constraints)
Settings:
Tasks Info:
Status New
Duration Type Simple
Constraint -- tried many options though from other resources it seems ASAP is best with Completion Date or Must Finish On scenario.
Tracking Mode - User Must Update ('side question' : should we change this to Predecessor?)
I can upload examples if needed though I am frequently amazed at the great answers submitted without any visuals to reference. Tammie Bouchard National Safety Council