Uninterrupted task?

[nnordsborg]

How do I tell Project that a certain task HAS to be
completed on one day (not a certain date)?

My problem i scheduling laboratory work - it's like
baking a cake. You can't stop at 4 pm and continue the
next morning.....

Thanks,

Nik

 

[JulieS]

Hello Nik,

Try setting the duration of the task as 8eh versus 8h.
Using elapsed hours makes Project ignore the working time
and schedule the task on "clock time".

Hope this helps.
Julie

 

[JulieS]

Hi Nik,

To the best of my knowledge, no. When you set up a
Finish to Start link between the tasks if the first task
ends at 11:00 am, the second task will start at 11:00
am. I do not know of a way to restrict the scheduling of
the task to only start when it has 8 hours within a
working day without constraining the task to a specific
date.
Perhaps someone else has an answer that I am overlooking.

So sorry.
Julie

-----Original Message-----
Thanks JulieS,

That did help a bit - but Project still assign the task

to start after another is completed - eventhough this
means the technician is schedueled to work after hours.
Can't I define the task so that it is only started if
there is time enough to complete it on that day - and if
not, then it just starts the following work day?

Example: Person XX works on something from 8 am to 11

am - the next task demands 8 consecutive hours, and
therefore does not start until the next morning?

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Nik,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

What you can do is to create a milestone FS between the two tasks. Now
create a special calendar for working hours from, say, 0800 to 0801 only
every work day. Now assign that as a task calendar to the milestone which
can only be scheduled for that one minute per day, thus ensuring that the 8
hr task starts the next full day. If you're unsure of how to do any of
this, please repost.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: <http://www.mvps.org/project/>

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

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

 

[JulieS]

Great answer Mike!
Thanks for the education.
Regards,
Julie

 

[Mike Glen]

You're welcome, Julie

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

 

[John Beamish]

Mike Glen has given you an answer that works, but I think issues like this
are PM issues not Project issues. A PM knows corporate overtime policy and
may decide to schedule tasks that need a full 8 consecutive hours knowing
that staff can (and will) be assigned to do these tasks on an overtime
basis.

Thanks JulieS,

That did help a bit - but Project still assign the task to start after

another is completed - eventhough this means the technician is schedueled to
work after hours. Can't I define the task so that it is only started if
there is time enough to complete it on that day - and if not, then it just
starts the following work day?

Example: Person XX works on something from 8 am to 11 am - the next task

demands 8 consecutive hours, and therefore does not start until the next
morning?

 

[Gérard Ducouret]

Hello Mike,

Very interesting trick !

Gérard Ducouret