Why is a scheduled 10 hour day overlap into the next day?

[Lenny]

I have started a new project and have imported my WBS from excell, set my
project start date, set my calender to a 10 hrs day seven days / week,
outlined my phases, and am ready to schedule. The problem is that my 10 hour
day is overlapping into the next day. I have had this problem in the past and
cannot figure out why sometimes it happens and others it will behave like I
expect. Can anyone shed some light on this?

 

[Andrew Lavinsky]

Could you address more specifically where you set your calendar?

If you did it in Tools > Options > Calendar, then that is only partially
the answer. You also have to go into Tools > Change Working Time, and modify
the calendars there (or create new ones based on the 10 hour schedule) -
then confirm your resources are on the same calendar.

You also might go into Tools > Options and change the Date display format
to include the time. That may help you assess if you have specific tasks
starting midway through the day.


- Andrew Lavinsky
Blog: http://blogs.catapultsystems.com/epm

 

[Steve House]

Let's say your 10 hour day is 6am to 5pm with and hour for lunch. If your
1-day task starts at 6am it will finish at 5pm on the same day. But if you
task starts later in the day, it will have to run over into the next day in
order to be 10 hours in length. How could it start later in the day? Go to
the View menu and enable a date format that includes the time. Then look at
the Project Start Date. If it shows a time later than the start of your
workday, all your tasks will be offset by the difference. Remember that ALL
date fields are actually date/TIME fields and time is always a part of the
data even when it's not being displayed. A task never simply starts on
Monday; it always starts at a precise TIME on Monday and finishes at
start+duration time later.