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Duration changes with multiple resources Microsoft Project

Duration changes with multiple resources Microsoft Project

Duration changes with multiple resources

Posted: 01 Jun 2005 08:56 AM PDT

In article <com>,
"Doug" <microsoft.com> wrote:
 


Doug,
At first I didn't understand what you were asking but then the bulb went
on. I was also confused when you said you were entering values for
tasks/sub-tasks. In the normal definition the actual effort description
is a sub-task under a Summary Line and Summary lines are not tasks, they
are simply a summary of the sub-task information indentured under them.
So in effect, neither Duration nor Work can be "entered" for Summary
Lines, those values are calculated by Project.

Now to answer the question. The Work on a Summary Line is the arithmetic
sum of the Work for each sub-task under the summary. However, the
Duration value shown on a Summary line is the difference in time between
the Start of the earliest task (i.e. sub-task) and the Finish of the
latest task under the Summary Line. Therefore depending on how the
sub-tasks are linked (default is finish-to-start), the Summary Line
Duration value can be less than, equal to, or greater than the Summary
Line Work value.

Hope this helps.
John

Duration and Resources

Posted: 01 Jun 2005 05:14 AM PDT

Actually, I think I have sussed it by entering the duration, then fixed units
and setting the percentages for each resource.

Thanks for your inspiration, Gerard!

"Barny Blue" wrote:
 

print entire project on one page pdf format custom size

Posted: 31 May 2005 03:55 PM PDT

No one has answered the question yet. I've ran my own tests like printing a
page through an actual printer and then using adobe. The preview of the print
is truelly what you get. So if preview shows missing info, then don't bother
creating the pdf. Also, I've tried to utilize forums at adobe's website, but
in plain terms: their forums suck! Microsoft forums are the best in terms of
responsiveness and usefulness. So, it's just a matter of time before we'll
see a response to this post.

"Paul" wrote:
 

how do i compare more than 3 baselines in project?

Posted: 31 May 2005 03:54 PM PDT

We have a large staff that do work on multiple projects under one company.
We are tracking the estimated loan funding time (original baseline) as
compared to the actuall funding times (baselines 1-10). I need to see how
accuarate we are in the big picture.

"Steve House [Project MVP]" wrote:
 

Adding task witout adding any times!

Posted: 31 May 2005 08:35 AM PDT

Your question shows you need to rethink how you're using Project as you are
violating one of the most fundamental principals behind any scheduling
software application. You should NOT ever be telling Project the dates the
you're planning ANY of your tasks for - it's basic reason for living is to
tell YOU the dates when you CAN schedule the tasks. You input the date you
can start the first task, the estimated length of time you think it will
take to do each one, the relationships between the tasks that are dictated
by the process logic (ie, you can't put up the roof until you've built the
walls to hold it), and when the required resources needed to do the tasks
are available to work and and in exchange Project calculates the optimum
schedule and outputs it for you. Yes, you can enter dates in the start and
finish columns but that ability is there to allow you to handle the special
circumstances where tasks need to have constraints applied and you should
not be routinely supplying that information for any except the few
circumstances where a constraint is required. And that is why you can't
have a task shown as "TBA." You input the new task and Project figures out
where it should be placed given the information it has about it so far and
it is telling you when you should tentatively be planning to do it. As you
supply more information, it refines that estimate until at last you have a
workable schedule to communicate to the people who will do the work. In a
nutshell, YOU don't plan the tasks - Project plans them for you! That's
what you (or your employer) paid all that good money it costs to buy it to
have it do for you. Let it do its job.


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



"Mats Forslund" <Mats microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Ms Project Server - Scalability

Posted: 31 May 2005 02:54 AM PDT

Thank you.

Will take a look.

"Reid McTaggart" wrote:
 

how i change in calendar view starting day as saturday?

Posted: 30 May 2005 10:12 PM PDT

Lina,
I tested in Project Pro 2003 and it works fine...
What is the version you are working with ?

Gérard Ducouret

"Lina" <microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message de
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saturday. 

Formula for working days to or from

Posted: 30 May 2005 08:02 PM PDT

Wow, nice. Thanks!

bartmacl

"JackD" <momokuri@gmail> wrote in message
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project change my selected date for the next day!!!!

Posted: 30 May 2005 06:01 PM PDT

You can send me the file I shall have a look

jandemesATprom-ade.be

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Microsoft office project web access crash

Posted: 30 May 2005 12:11 AM PDT



"Chuck Zito" wrote:
 

Yes. All the other options are working like documents etc. only when I
choose projects the program go down. This workstation is the only one that
have this problem.