Steve
Fri Sep 05 17:32:35 CDT 2008
Do remember that Project is not intended just to document a schedule you
have already determined. You are saying that the schedule "ought to read'
such-and-such. But that's not Project's role - you could do THAT with
nothing more than a wall planner and a box of markers. Project's job is to
tell you what the schedule ought to be that will give you the most efficient
project. You don't tell it what dates you WANT things to happen on ... it
tells you what dates things CAN happen on. There's a very big difference.
--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
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"Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4628CF4A-686C-4709-BB50-CA1DBC83489C@microsoft.com...
> This schedule needs to read 30 calendar days, as per contract. So if I
> understand you correctly, I set the deadline to Oct 15, 2008. The set the
> predecessor field to the task number above. If I them set the duration to
> 30
> days, the start and finish dates read â?" September 15, 2008 â?" September
> 25,
> 2008. This makes the â?oCalendarâ?? check box in the Task Information
> dialog box
> available. If I set the duration to 30ed (elapse days) the start and
> finish
> date read September 15, 2008 â?"October 15, 2008 (this is what I need the
> schedule to read) and the â?oCalendarâ?? check box in the Task Information
> dialog
> box is not available (grayed out).
>
> A couple of questions:
> Why is the â?oCalendarâ?? check box not available with â?oedâ?? set in the
> duration?
> If I set the deadline date for the finish and let the predecessor set the
> start date and have the duration set to â?oedâ??, does that still comply
> with
> your statement ;â?oThat is what Project is designed to do - to give you a
> schedule.â???
>
> Thanks
> Rick
>
>
> "Mike Glen" wrote:
>
>> Hi Rick,
>>
>> I think Steve asked that very pertinent question as entering a Finish
>> date
>> does not mean that the Contractor will finish on that date - there may be
>> some practical reasons why that date cannot possibly be met. What is
>> better
>> is to not enter dates in favour of letting the predessesor logic drive
>> the
>> Start date and the Duration to allow Project to calculate the Finish
>> date.
>> (That is what Project is designed to do - to give you a schedule.) I
>> would
>> then apply a Deadline Date to indicate when it must be done by - Project
>> puts an indicator on the Gantt Chart and it will give you a warning in
>> the
>> Indicator column if the deadline is due to overrun.
>>
>> Mike Glen
>> Project MVP
>> See
http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc for my free Project Tutorials
>>
>>
>>
>> Rick wrote:
>> > Steve,
>> >
>> > This worked, you are the man! I typed elapsed time in help and
>> > nothing comes up! What is up with that, I am using MS project 2003,
>> > but I type in 39 edays in duration and Sep 15 ââ,¬â?o Oct 15 shows on
>> > the finish and start date. Why do you ask - ââ,¬Å"But is that the
>> >> time the contractor thinks it WILL take or is that the deadline for
>> >> > delivery?ââ,¬Â?
>> >
>> > Rick
>> >
>> > "Steve House" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Enter the task's duration as 30 Elapsed Days (30ed). If it starts
>> >> 15 Sep
>> >> that'll put it ending 15 Oct, ignoring non-working time. But is
>> >> that the
>> >> time the contractor thinks it WILL take or is that the deadline for
>> >> delivery?
>> >> --
>> >> Steve House [Project MVP]
>> >> MS Project Trainer & Consultant
>> >> Visit
http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm for the FAQs
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:F93C096C-0CDC-4D6C-9A98-FEC1287E0E84@microsoft.com...
>> >>> I am working on a schedule for a construction project that is based
>> >>> on a contract. The contractor has 30 calendar days to complete a
>> >>> portion of the
>> >>> work
>> >>>
>> >>> i.e. from September 15, 2008 to October 15, 2008.
>> >>>
>> >>> When I enter September 15, 2008 into the calendar, the finish day
>> >>> comes up October 24, 2008. should be October 15, 2008. I assume
>> >>> what is going on is
>> >>> the working calendar thing and not including Sat and Sun, How do
>> >>> I get the
>> >>> calendar to count all days for a particular task?
>>
>>
>>