Max Date Limitation

[Jonathan Fong]

Hi,

I realize the maximum date of MSProject is 31/12/2049. Is there anyway to
resolve this or is this the way to be? I am developing a project may involve
more then 50 years. Yep, a very long term plannig.

Regards,
Jonathan

 

[JulieD]

Hi

got to ask ... what's the project?

Cheers
JulieD

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Jonathan,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

Nope

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Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on )

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

 

[Steve House [MVP]]

I can't imagine planning events 50 years from now in the level of detail
that would require MS Project. "We need to have someone spend 18 hours
waxing widgets beginning at 10 am on Tuesday, October 5th, 2054."
Conditions and priorities are likely to change so dramatically between now
and then that almost anything we might plan will be discarded long before we
get there. Could project managers in 1945 even imagine the cultural and
technological factors that are crucial in developing work schedules today or
the dramatic change in business priorities from a manufacturing-based
economy into an information-based economy?

 

[Rod Gill]

Hi,

A 50 year project is guaranteed to fail as there is no way to predict the
future. Break the big project into 9 month chunks, one per schedule and
write a white paper on what 2 years and beyond might look like.

By the time Project 2020 comes out I'm sure the max date will have gone
ballistic! Now for a really worthwhile new feature I would love to see a
scapegoat column in the Resource sheet. I get nervous when I don't know who
the scapegoat is. After all if I can't work it out, it may well be me!!

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[JulieD]

Hi Rod

love the idea of a scapegoat column - can i use it in my next class when
we're customising fields

Cheers
JulieD

 

[Brian Stebbins]

ROFL,
You guys just cheered my up in the middle of a horrible day... scapegoat
column, that's REALLY good. Anyways thanks for the chuckle, I was scapegoat
today (hence the horrible day) so henceforth I shall make and use that
column... lol

cheers!!
-Brian Stebbins