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From: Aimee on 25 Feb 2010 12:26
Thank you, that helps.

Aimee

"N Birkholz" wrote:

> Note that you can MANUALLY set baseline durations by making the Baseline
> Duration column visible and then entering valiues. I tend to do that because
> my schedule fluctuates a lot in a dynamic environment.
>
> "Dale Howard [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Aimee --
> >
> > Keep this principle in mind: "In Microsoft Project, actuals always replace
> > estimates." If a task was supposed to take 5 days (a 5-day Duration) and
> > the task actually took 8 days (an 8-day Duration), wouldn't you agree that
> > the Duration of this task is now 8 days and not the original 5 days?
> >
> > To capture the original Duration value of each task, you need to save a
> > Baseline before you start entering progress in your project. After doing
> > this, you can compare the current schedule of the project with the original
> > Baseline schedule. To save a Baseline, click Tools - Tracking - Save
> > Baseline (Set Baseline in Microsoft Project 2007). Hope this helps.
> >
> > --
> > Dale A. Howard [MVP]
> > VP of Educational Services
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> >
> >
> > "Aimee" <Aimee(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:E990EC06-09EE-47A9-8043-CF1F47891635(a)microsoft.com...
> > > To capture actual duration I've added the Actual Duration column. If the
> > > actual duration is greater than the "planned duration" (i.e. Duration)
> > > then
> > > MS Project 2007 updates "planned duration" (i.e. Duration) to equal Actual
> > > Duration column. This is not what I want. I want Duration to stay the same
> > > and Actual to capture the actual time spent on task.
> > >
> > > Please help.
> >
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