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From: Aimee on 25 Feb 2010 10:49 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.
From: Dale Howard [MVP] on 25 Feb 2010 11:10 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 msProjectExperts http://www.msprojectexperts.com http://www.projectserverexperts.com "We write the books on Project Server" "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.
From: Roland Cook on 25 Feb 2010 11:12 You need to use the Baseline Duration as it doesn't change until the next baseline activity. Duration and Actual Duration will be the same after Actual is modified greater than the Duration field. Unless, of course, if you extend duration greater than Actual Duration. If you haven't baselined then you are out of luck. "Aimee" wrote: > 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.
From: N Birkholz on 25 Feb 2010 12:07 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 > msProjectExperts > http://www.msprojectexperts.com > http://www.projectserverexperts.com > "We write the books on Project Server" > > > "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. >
From: Aimee on 25 Feb 2010 12:25 Okay Dale. That makes sense! Thank you. Aimee "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 > msProjectExperts > http://www.msprojectexperts.com > http://www.projectserverexperts.com > "We write the books on Project Server" > > > "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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