Making start & end dates separated from hou

[ktorian]

Having issues getting hours per task to function independently from th
start and end dates.

I have a task that will take 4 hours, but can be completed over th
course of 7 days. How do I keep project from truncating the end dat
and scheduling it for the first 4 hours of the start date

 

[Jack Dahlgren MVP]

Double click the task to open the task information dialog.
On the "Advanced" tab, set the "task type" option to "fixed duration"
Next assign the resource and put in 4 hours of work.

-Jack Dahlgren

 

[NPI SS]

Use Fixed Duration for task type.

 

[ktorian]

I'm setting fixed work and have had success keeping durations fro
changing. Is there an simple way to set start and end dates and kee
them from changing

 

[vanita]

Hi

You may schedule 4 hrs of work within 7 days. But the Start and Finish dates
would be maintained only if both these dates have some component of these 4
hrs of work.

I hope it helps.
Vanita

 

[Steve House]

Doing so would defeat the entire reason that Project exists. Project is not
intended to document a schedule - task start and end dates - that you have
come up with through some other method - ie, you don't set the task's start
and end dates and enter them into Project. Instead you input the task
relationships and their estimated durations, and Project tells you the dates
that are possible for that workflow. If the dates it calculates are not to
your needs, it's telling you that dates you want are impossible with the
workflow as you have outlined it. You shouldn't try to override its
calculations - instead go back to the drawing board and rework the factors
that drives those task dates (task predecessor relationships, durations,
resource deployment) until the calculated schedule fits into your business
requirements.