Fractional Durations in Summary Tasks

[DanD]

I have just started using MS Project and I am having a problem with
fractional totals showing up in the summary tasks even though I have been
working in whole or half days. I would expect thhe durations to be either
whole numbers or with a extra 0.5 . Instead I end up with durations like
5.167 or 3.875.

I have looked for readily apparent problems but I used only whole or 0.5
days for durations and all resources are 100 percent commited. I can go back
throuugh the individual task and find the fractions but have no idea how they
changed away form what I had entered.

Thank you for any help with this.

 

[John]

I have just started using MS Project and I am having a problem with
fractional totals showing up in the summary tasks even though I have been
working in whole or half days. I would expect thhe durations to be either
whole numbers or with a extra 0.5 . Instead I end up with durations like
5.167 or 3.875.

I have looked for readily apparent problems but I used only whole or 0.5
days for durations and all resources are 100 percent commited. I can go back
throuugh the individual task and find the fractions but have no idea how they
changed away form what I had entered.

Thank you for any help with this.

DanD,
As a first step, add the time to the Start and Finish fields
(Tools/Options/View tab - pick a date format that includes the time).
Then you can see either on the Gantt Chart view which tasks are
occurring at odd hours, or on the Resource Usage view if a resource's
working time is causing the odd hours.

John
Project MVP

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

Also read FAQ 5 which handles this quiestion in:
http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm

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