Entering actual work in a "timesheet" view

I have created a programme of work in MS Project (2002) with the intention
that myself and my colleagues can book actual work (per day) into a timesheet
view using the Task Usage screen.

However, I have experienced some unusual results when testing this.

For example, I have created a fixed duration task of 5 days, starting on a
Wednesday and finishing the following Tuesday. Three resources have been
assigned to this task, each with 2h work (0.4h per day), so a total of 6h
over a 5 day period.

As part of my test, I entered some actual work - 1h on the Friday for one of
the resources. I had expected to see the second hour of work spread equally
across the remaining 2 days duration of the task (i.e. 0.5h per day), but
instead MSP extended the task by a further 2 days, to the Thursday, and
allocated 0.25h each day.

I have tried a few things to get around this, such as setting constraint
dates on the task and unchecking the "effort driven" flag, but to no avail.

By the way, all tasks in the plan are Fixed Duration.

I would appreciate any help.

Thanks,

Lee

Jan
Wed Jan 16 09:09:52 CST 2008

Hi,

Double-click on the assignment, and in the Tracking pad first set Actual
Start to Wed
If not Project will logically assume the task only starts on Friday.

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"Lee Wootton" <Lee Wootton@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have created a programme of work in MS Project (2002) with the intention
> that myself and my colleagues can book actual work (per day) into a
> timesheet
> view using the Task Usage screen.
>
> However, I have experienced some unusual results when testing this.
>
> For example, I have created a fixed duration task of 5 days, starting on a
> Wednesday and finishing the following Tuesday. Three resources have been
> assigned to this task, each with 2h work (0.4h per day), so a total of 6h
> over a 5 day period.
>
> As part of my test, I entered some actual work - 1h on the Friday for one
> of
> the resources. I had expected to see the second hour of work spread
> equally
> across the remaining 2 days duration of the task (i.e. 0.5h per day), but
> instead MSP extended the task by a further 2 days, to the Thursday, and
> allocated 0.25h each day.
>
> I have tried a few things to get around this, such as setting constraint
> dates on the task and unchecking the "effort driven" flag, but to no
> avail.
>
> By the way, all tasks in the plan are Fixed Duration.
>
> I would appreciate any help.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lee