Hey dchuck, how reliable are the project start and end dates? I see start date on Start Date: 9/17/2010 and Due On: 9/22/2010 but not one task started yet. Just wondering about these dates, thanks.
Nearly 100% reliable. The only two things that will potentially prolong the delivery of any project is if there are changes/requests made for the content, if a property gets deleted for whatever reason and needs to be replaced, or if the comment links get delayed a few hours (they are supplied by another vendor and processed by us). You'll see your project get completed pretty much all tomorrow night.
Essentially, the start dates and end dates just dictate the range of dates within which the project should be completed. My workers don't see the projects until we hit the start date, so that allows me to schedule things in advance and move around things to best fit the currently available bandwidth.
Hope that helps!