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From: deej on 7 Apr 2010 15:09 I'm a few years late in joining this (hopefully someone is still out there). If I have a task that is calendar days driven (i.e., review period of 30 days); how do I enter it so that it truely is 30 calendar days (no resource assigned)? "pholberton" wrote: > Thank you all for your responses, > > Phil > -- > Phil Holberton > MaxThera, Inc. > 978-927-8900 > pholberton(a)maxthera.com > > > "Steve House [MVP]" wrote: > > > In addition to Rob and Jan's comments, there is something called the "8/80 > > Rule" that is handy to keep in mind. If your tasks are less than 8 > > man-hours you're probably unecessariy micromanaging. If your tasks are more > > than 80 hours in duration you're probably not breaking the work down into > > enough detail to effectively manage it. A 12 month duration task really > > fits into the latter category. > > -- > > Steve House [Project MVP] > > MS Project Trainer & Consultant > > Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs > > > > > > "pholberton" <pholberton(a)maxthera.com> wrote in message > > news:D921FAE2-A2A3-4BD8-9D46-CE50B94C86D4(a)microsoft.com... > > > How come when I put a start and finish date via the calendar that = > > > exactly > > > 12 months, the duration is calculated as 13.85 months? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Phil > > > -- > > > Phil Holberton > > > MaxThera, Inc. > > > 978-927-8900 > > > pholberton(a)maxthera.com > > > >
From: Dale Howard [MVP] on 7 Apr 2010 15:17 deej -- Given the fact that you have not assigned resources to the task, the simplest approach would be to enter the Duration as 30ed, which represents 30 elapsed (calendar) days. 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" "deej" <deej(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0AE62575-171F-45E9-B807-508819FD811C(a)microsoft.com... > I'm a few years late in joining this (hopefully someone is still out > there). > If I have a task that is calendar days driven (i.e., review period of 30 > days); how do I enter it so that it truely is 30 calendar days (no > resource > assigned)? > > > "pholberton" wrote: > >> Thank you all for your responses, >> >> Phil >> -- >> Phil Holberton >> MaxThera, Inc. >> 978-927-8900 >> pholberton(a)maxthera.com >> >> >> "Steve House [MVP]" wrote: >> >> > In addition to Rob and Jan's comments, there is something called the >> > "8/80 >> > Rule" that is handy to keep in mind. If your tasks are less than 8 >> > man-hours you're probably unecessariy micromanaging. If your tasks are >> > more >> > than 80 hours in duration you're probably not breaking the work down >> > into >> > enough detail to effectively manage it. A 12 month duration task >> > really >> > fits into the latter category. >> > -- >> > Steve House [Project MVP] >> > MS Project Trainer & Consultant >> > Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs >> > >> > >> > "pholberton" <pholberton(a)maxthera.com> wrote in message >> > news:D921FAE2-A2A3-4BD8-9D46-CE50B94C86D4(a)microsoft.com... >> > > How come when I put a start and finish date via the calendar that = >> > > exactly >> > > 12 months, the duration is calculated as 13.85 months? >> > > >> > > Thanks >> > > >> > > Phil >> > > -- >> > > Phil Holberton >> > > MaxThera, Inc. >> > > 978-927-8900 >> > > pholberton(a)maxthera.com >> > >> >
From: "Steve House" sjhouse at hotmail dot on 8 Apr 2010 05:15
If there are no resources assigned, it's not really a task at all since it doesn't represent work being done to drive the project forward. You've actually submitted the document to the powers that be and are now just waiting for the approval to come back before you can continue with the work. Have two milestones, "Submitted for Approval" and "Approval Received," and link them FS. Add a 30ed lag time into the link to represent the waiting time. I really don't like the idea of using what I call "spaceholder pseudotasks" to represent the passage of time where no activity is taking place. -- Steve House MS Project Trainer & Consultant "deej" <deej(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0AE62575-171F-45E9-B807-508819FD811C(a)microsoft.com... > I'm a few years late in joining this (hopefully someone is still out > there). > If I have a task that is calendar days driven (i.e., review period of 30 > days); how do I enter it so that it truely is 30 calendar days (no > resource > assigned)? > > > "pholberton" wrote: > >> Thank you all for your responses, >> >> Phil >> -- >> Phil Holberton >> MaxThera, Inc. >> 978-927-8900 >> pholberton(a)maxthera.com >> >> >> "Steve House [MVP]" wrote: >> >> > In addition to Rob and Jan's comments, there is something called the >> > "8/80 >> > Rule" that is handy to keep in mind. If your tasks are less than 8 >> > man-hours you're probably unecessariy micromanaging. If your tasks are >> > more >> > than 80 hours in duration you're probably not breaking the work down >> > into >> > enough detail to effectively manage it. A 12 month duration task >> > really >> > fits into the latter category. >> > -- >> > Steve House [Project MVP] >> > MS Project Trainer & Consultant >> > Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs >> > >> > >> > "pholberton" <pholberton(a)maxthera.com> wrote in message >> > news:D921FAE2-A2A3-4BD8-9D46-CE50B94C86D4(a)microsoft.com... >> > > How come when I put a start and finish date via the calendar that = >> > > exactly >> > > 12 months, the duration is calculated as 13.85 months? >> > > >> > > Thanks >> > > >> > > Phil >> > > -- >> > > Phil Holberton >> > > MaxThera, Inc. >> > > 978-927-8900 >> > > pholberton(a)maxthera.com >> > >> > |