Duration

[pholberton]

How come when I put a start and finish date via the calendar that = exactly
12 months, the duration is calculated as 13.85 months?

Thanks

Phil

 

[Rob Schneider]

How come when I put a start and finish date via the calendar that = exactly
12 months, the duration is calculated as 13.85 months?

Thanks

Phil

Phil,

You don't really say enough to figure this out. I would expect for type
tasks other than fixed duration for the duration to be less than 12
months for start/finish of exactly 12 months since duration is a
computation of non-working time and assuming your task has non working
time then it will be less.

All that aside, it's best to not ever input start and finish dates to
tasks since one purpose of using Project is to let it do those
computations for you.

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

For Project, a month is the number of working days you speecify under Tools,
Options, Calendar. Depending on that figure "exactly 12 (real) months" may
yield all kinds of "months" in Project.
Better get used to that, I'm afraid.
HTH

 

[Steve House [MVP]]

In addition to Rob and Jan's comments, there is something called the "8/80
Rule" that is handy to keep in mind. If your tasks are less than 8
man-hours you're probably unecessariy micromanaging. If your tasks are more
than 80 hours in duration you're probably not breaking the work down into
enough detail to effectively manage it. A 12 month duration task really
fits into the latter category.

 

[pholberton]

Thank you all for your responses,

Phil
--
Phil Holberton
MaxThera, Inc.
978-927-8900
(e-mail address removed)

In addition to Rob and Jan's comments, there is something called the "8/80
Rule" that is handy to keep in mind. If your tasks are less than 8
man-hours you're probably unecessariy micromanaging. If your tasks are more
than 80 hours in duration you're probably not breaking the work down into
enough detail to effectively manage it. A 12 month duration task really
fits into the latter category.
--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

How come when I put a start and finish date via the calendar that =
exactly
12 months, the duration is calculated as 13.85 months?

Thanks

Phil
--
Phil Holberton
MaxThera, Inc.
978-927-8900
(e-mail address removed)

 

[deej]

I'm a few years late in joining this (hopefully someone is still out there).
If I have a task that is calendar days driven (i.e., review period of 30
days); how do I enter it so that it truely is 30 calendar days (no resource
assigned)?

Thank you all for your responses,

Phil
--
Phil Holberton
MaxThera, Inc.
978-927-8900
(e-mail address removed)

In addition to Rob and Jan's comments, there is something called the "8/80
Rule" that is handy to keep in mind. If your tasks are less than 8
man-hours you're probably unecessariy micromanaging. If your tasks are more
than 80 hours in duration you're probably not breaking the work down into
enough detail to effectively manage it. A 12 month duration task really
fits into the latter category.
--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

How come when I put a start and finish date via the calendar that =
exactly
12 months, the duration is calculated as 13.85 months?

Thanks

Phil
--
Phil Holberton
MaxThera, Inc.
978-927-8900
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

deej --

Given the fact that you have not assigned resources to the task, the
simplest approach would be to enter the Duration as 30ed, which represents
30 elapsed (calendar) days. Hope this helps.

I'm a few years late in joining this (hopefully someone is still out
there).
If I have a task that is calendar days driven (i.e., review period of 30
days); how do I enter it so that it truely is 30 calendar days (no
resource
assigned)?

Thank you all for your responses,

Phil
--
Phil Holberton
MaxThera, Inc.
978-927-8900
(e-mail address removed)

In addition to Rob and Jan's comments, there is something called the
"8/80
Rule" that is handy to keep in mind. If your tasks are less than 8
man-hours you're probably unecessariy micromanaging. If your tasks are
more
than 80 hours in duration you're probably not breaking the work down
into
enough detail to effectively manage it. A 12 month duration task
really
fits into the latter category.
--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


How come when I put a start and finish date via the calendar that =
exactly
12 months, the duration is calculated as 13.85 months?

Thanks

Phil
--
Phil Holberton
MaxThera, Inc.
978-927-8900
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Steve House]

If there are no resources assigned, it's not really a task at all since it
doesn't represent work being done to drive the project forward. You've
actually submitted the document to the powers that be and are now just
waiting for the approval to come back before you can continue with the work.
Have two milestones, "Submitted for Approval" and "Approval Received," and
link them FS. Add a 30ed lag time into the link to represent the waiting
time. I really don't like the idea of using what I call "spaceholder
pseudotasks" to represent the passage of time where no activity is taking
place.
--
Steve House
MS Project Trainer & Consultant

I'm a few years late in joining this (hopefully someone is still out
there).
If I have a task that is calendar days driven (i.e., review period of 30
days); how do I enter it so that it truely is 30 calendar days (no
resource
assigned)?

Thank you all for your responses,

Phil
--
Phil Holberton
MaxThera, Inc.
978-927-8900
(e-mail address removed)

In addition to Rob and Jan's comments, there is something called the
"8/80
Rule" that is handy to keep in mind. If your tasks are less than 8
man-hours you're probably unecessariy micromanaging. If your tasks are
more
than 80 hours in duration you're probably not breaking the work down
into
enough detail to effectively manage it. A 12 month duration task
really
fits into the latter category.
--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


How come when I put a start and finish date via the calendar that =
exactly
12 months, the duration is calculated as 13.85 months?

Thanks

Phil
--
Phil Holberton
MaxThera, Inc.
978-927-8900
(e-mail address removed)