Changing Hours per day causes error in Finish date

[Sathish]

Hi,
I'm using MS Project 2003. I've a requirement in my work that requires me
to change the working hours for the resources to 9 hours. Once I do this
change and add new tasks, the duration of the task is reflected properly by
taking into account 9 hrs per day instead of the default 8 hrs per day.

BUt the Finish date for the task is still calculated using 8 hrs per day.
This is leading to lot of Schedule Variance, which is actually not there.

Any help in this regard is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Sathish

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

You have to "synchronize" the "hours per day" settings in Tool, Options,
Calendar, with the working toime of the resources (Tools, Change Working
Time)

Read all about it in FAQ 5 in http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm

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[JulieS]

Hi,
I'm using MS Project 2003. I've a requirement in my work that requires
me
to change the working hours for the resources to 9 hours. Once I do
this
change and add new tasks, the duration of the task is reflected
properly by
taking into account 9 hrs per day instead of the default 8 hrs per
day.

BUt the Finish date for the task is still calculated using 8 hrs per
day.
This is leading to lot of Schedule Variance, which is actually not
there.

Any help in this regard is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Sathish

Hello Sathish,

Just to clarify - you'll need to change your information in at least two
places. If your project will now be planned based upon 9 hours per day,
you'll need to modify the working calendar (Tools > Change Working Time)
and modify the standard 8:00 am - 5:00 pm to add the additional hour.
You'll need to select all working days before making the change.

You also need to change the definition of a "day" and "week" through
Tools > Options, Calendar tab. As you note, newly added tasks will work
with the new "day" definition, however tasks which were in the project
file before the change will show a changed duration (less than 1 day).
To change those durations, you'll need to manually adjust duration or
work.

For further information, please see FAQ 5 "Default Working Hours" at
http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

If your resource's base calendars are not the same as the project
calendar, you'll also need to modify the resource's base calendar to the
9 hours per day.

You may also find it very helpful to show time as well as date in the
display of Start and Finish. Go to Tools > Options, view tab and select
a date format showing date and time. If you changed your calendar
(Tools > Change Working Time) the times of the tasks should shift, but
you may not see a change in date on an individual task.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

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