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Displaying duration in hours Microsoft Project

Displaying duration in hours Microsoft Project

Displaying duration in hours

Posted: 07 May 2004 12:55 PM PDT

Worked like a charm. Thanks!

"Dale Howard [MVP]" <dale(dot)howard(at)msprojectexperts(dot)com> wrote in
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How to change work without affecting duration

Posted: 07 May 2004 09:34 AM PDT

You're welcome, David :-)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

David Morrison wrote: 

Newbie: Report of Total Hours

Posted: 07 May 2004 09:32 AM PDT

Hi Mark,

Assign a dummy resource 100% to each task, then Work=duration
Duration is never rolled up

Alternative: set a formula dina field such as duration1 =[Duration] and have
the summaries rolled uop.
HTH

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"Mark Jerde" <no.spam.net> schreef in bericht
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Problem with first task

Posted: 07 May 2004 08:20 AM PDT

What time is it set to start? One "day" is 8 working hours by the standard
calendar settings. If your task starts Wed at some time into the workday
instead of right at the start of the day, and if the calendar shows hours of
work less than 8 hours, one "day" of work won't be completed until well
into the following day. The project calendar should show that actual hours
of work while the value for hours per day in the Tools Options Calendar page
should conform the the hours designated in the project calendar.

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Planned work over a time period

Posted: 07 May 2004 04:32 AM PDT

You didn't indicate how much or how little detail you want. Here's a start:

1. View | Resource Usage. RightMouseButton on the right side of the
display and set the popup menu so that there is only a tick against Work.

2. RightMouseButton on the timescale at the top of the display, click on
TimeScale and set the display to show months (I did it by setting both the
middle and bottom tier Units to Months and the middle and bottom tier Count
to 1.

3. Project | Group By ... and choose Work vs. Material.

4. The figures on the line labelled "Type:Work" are the numbers you want.
You said you wanted days or man-months ... you'll have to some simple math
to go from hours to days (divide by 8).

JLB, PMP


"Fredrik Sjoo" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Transfering MS Project98 data to another PC

Posted: 06 May 2004 06:14 PM PDT

All the data about a specific project is stored in one (large) file with the
extension "mpp". If you have inserted projects and/or a resource pool file,
those are normal mpp files as well linked to the project file. Templates
are in files with the extension mpt. Global objects and personal settings
are stored in the file GLOBAL.MPT. To locate the folders where your files
reside in your computer, use the Windows Search utility and scan for all
files with the filename "*.mpp".

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Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer/Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


"Jerry" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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SWITCH Formula

Posted: 06 May 2004 02:36 PM PDT


"LUIS" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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resources associated each one to a diferent number. The thing is i have a
list of at least 45 resources and the formula marks an error and i think it
is because the number of charachters. Is there another formula that i can
use? Is there another way to lookup this values in a table? 

Here is what I would do.
Open the resource view (the one with all the resources listed)
insert one of the text columns.
Put the number for each resource in the text column.

Now the question is what are the numbers for and which context are they used
in.
If they are used in some sort of a resource view then you are done.
If you are trying to use them in a task view you need to do something else,
where the "something else" is to write a small visual basic macro to put the
number where you need it.

If you can tell us what the number is used for and why then the next step is
easy.

-Jack

Project measured in hours

Posted: 06 May 2004 01:52 PM PDT

Thanks!

"Gérard Ducouret" <fr> wrote in message
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dd/mm/ 
day/hour 
day. 

Science Lab Scheduling?

Posted: 06 May 2004 12:31 PM PDT

Questions lead to questions...:-)

First, No I don't know a good (or any) "production" scheduling tools - I
havn't been in that business for some time - Google away and see what you
come up with.

Now regarding your projects - what are the limitations you would like to
eliminate. There are lots of project gurus that hang out here. They or I
might be able to help.

Given the scope (size in terms of effort, duration, number of people,
network complexity etc.) of your projects, the white board (or Excel) may be
the way to go...

In my work with teams, we ALWAYS start with post-it notes to ID
deliverables/activities then sequence the post-its into a network. Some of
those projects make it to MSP - some don't need to... so it is, to some
extent a judgement call.

Does putting the project into MSP add value? If so do it. If not don't.
Unfortunatley, only you can answer that question.

Mark




"Conrad Santiago" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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we are using the right tool for our project scheduling purposes. Using MSP,
we are scheduling hundreds of projects a year. These projects have fixed
due dates (although, many do slide). However, I do see limitations in MSP
that would make my life easier. At times, I've felt using a white board to
layout the projects would be more effective for me to plan in the future. 
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Tasks causing overallocated resources

Posted: 06 May 2004 11:18 AM PDT

Thanks for your help everyone.

I tried looking at the Resource Usage View again and tried to see if
the tasks would be red if they were using overallocated resources.
Again it only shows me the days a resource is overallocated and lists
all the tasks under it, even if they don't really conflict. (I'm
using Project 2002) I was hoping project would show me the exact
tasks that overuse a resource and that overlap down to the minute.
Here it lists them all if they just fall on the same day.

Mitch, I tried that Oasys Scheduler add-in and it seems to work pretty
good. It colors the tasks causing the overallocations red in the Gantt
Chart View. Exactly what I wanted! It also has a resource leveling
feature which seems to work better than the one that comes with
Microsoft Project. I tried it on a huge project (1000+ tasks) and it
actually leveled it. Project's leveling would just hang and do
nothing.

Thanks again.

"Steve House" <send.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<#phx.gbl>... 

Dates that change by themselves on emailed schedules

Posted: 06 May 2004 11:00 AM PDT

I had that problem once, and I believe it had something to
do with settings on individual's computers. Do either of
you have automatic leveling checked? 
tasks and are 
dates of the tasks 
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splitting the task only lengthens the bar

Posted: 06 May 2004 06:29 AM PDT

Hi John,

Have a look at the Task Usage view and check for zeros where the split is
occurring. You could try deleting and re-inserting the offending tasks.

Otherwise, we need to discover whether your project is at fault, whether it
is Project at fault, or whether it's your PC. Does the symptom occur with
other projects on this PC? Does it occur with this project on other PCs?
Does it occur with other projects on other PCs? Does your backup (you do
have one don't you? :) ) have the same symptom?

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

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Filters on Text Fields

Posted: 05 May 2004 02:51 PM PDT


Justine,
Gee with all that excitement maybe its a good thing I wasn't there. Glad
I could help.

John