Default Schedule Options versus custom Project Calendar

Home Forums Discussion Forum Default Schedule Options versus custom Project Calendar

  • This topic has 12 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 1 year, 10 months ago by wordle unlimited game.
Viewing 11 reply threads
  • Author
    Posts
    • #409738
      Dave Murphy
      Member

      I’m using Project Professional 2016. My confusion is with the File/Options/Schedule settings. My clients company has a 7 hour working day. I’ve changed the defaults in the Schedule settings to 7 hrs per day and 35 hrs per week with 20 days a month. I created a new base calendar which also reflects these settings and I’ve applied that calendar to the project.Now if I add a task with 10 days duration and assign a work resource, I correctly see that the Resource Usage is 70 hours.

      Is this the correct sequence to follow? If I don’t change the default schedule settings I seem to be getting really weird resource usage results.
      Could some advise on the impact of the default schedule settings? Is it best to change these settings and change the project calendar to reflect the actual working conditions on the project?

    • #409739
      Larry Christofaro
      Participant

      Dave, yes to did exactly what you are supposed to. The reason for the default schedule settings is to translate what you key into the schedule. It uses these settings instead of the calendar depending on what you are doing. If you enter a task with a one month duration, Project knows how many days to assign. If you enter a resource and give him/her 1 week, Project knows how many hours to assign. Hope that helps…

    • #409740
      Dave Murphy
      Member

      Thanks for your response Larry. So are you saying that, in effect, the Project Calendar will always be overridden by the default schedule settings?
      If I leave the default settings at 8 hours per day, but change the Project Calendar to 7 hours per day, the work calculation will be based on the default of 8 hours per day. If I enter a task duration of 1 day it will be 8 hours in duration, even if the Project Calendar is set to a 7 hour work day.

    • #409741
      Larry Christofaro
      Participant

      Dave, I totally understand the confusion. Let me try some other examples. Some companies do 4×10 hour days. Some companies do 4×9’s and then a 4 hr Friday. When you say that a task is one day, which day are you telling Project to use? What if your weekly schedule changes? What if it’s swing shift, what about 50, 50, 20 hour weeks? Every month has a different number of working days, and in a 4×10 work week it’s even less. Project needs a consistent number to return an entry of 1 day, 1 week, 1 month…and the calendar doesn’t provide that consistency. Hope that helps…

      • #516460
        moizsheikhabdul07
        Participant

        If your tyre is not working and your want to fix the tyre by magic tyres or to avail the best deals and services then all you have to do is you have to type Tyre Shops Near Me then you will be redirected to Magic tyre where you can come and avail best discounts and best services for your car.

    • #409744
      Sai Prasad
      Participant

      You are correct Murphy. File/Option/Settings is to set the conversion rules for days to hour, weeks to days, months to days. When the duration and work values of tasks, resources and assignment is other than hours, Project converts that the values to hours using these conversion rules. These converted hours of duration are spread across days by using Project calendar. In your example, File/Option/Settings you have set the conversion rule for 1 day to 7 hours and Base calendar (set as Project calendar) is Mon-Friday, 9 am – 1 pm, 2 pm – 5 pm (7 hours). So, when you enter the duration is 2 days, the duration set internally is 2 x 7 hours = 14 hours. Then 14 hours is spread across two days using the Project Calendar. Hope this helps.

    • #410056
      Marquez Goode
      Participant

      I have been wrestling with this same problem, as my company works a 9/80 work two week work schedule. We work (4) 9 hour days, and hours on Friday. The following week we work (4) 9 hour days with Friday off. I agree with the answer that consistent number to return 1 day, 1 week, 1 month. This seems like the best way to handle this.

    • #500470
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      Greatassignmenthelper.com understands the anxiety that students have when writing their academic papers. Our law assignment help team is well aware of the problems you confront when preparing your Assignment. Sometimes you give it your all and work extremely hard, but the concept of a deadline is constantly present in the back of your mind. The team at greatassignmenthelper.com assures your enhanced grades with a high quality content at a very pocket friendly cost structure.

    • #511347
      pain sad
      Guest

      Friday Night Funkin‘ is a Newgrounds rhythm game made in HaxeFlixel originally created for Ludum Dare 47. Programmed by ninjamuffin99 with a soundtrack produced by Kawai Sprite and artwork created by PhantomArcade and evilsk8r.

      The plot of the game centers around Boyfriend trying to hook up with Girlfriend, but her ex-rockstar father Daddy Dearest doesn’t approve of him. It’s up to Boyfriend to rap battle his way through him and anyone else that stands in his way so that he can finally get freaky! Think you got what it takes? play now!

    • #516456
      moizsheikhabdul07
      Participant

      Magic tyres are the best tyre shop in Dubai.IT provides the best services for your car tyres to avail the best tyre discount and the best services for your car visit Tyre shop Dubai of Magic Tyres.

    • #516458
      moizsheikhabdul07
      Participant

      Magic Tyres shop is in 58 Doha Street – Al Qusais Industrial Area 1 – Dubai if you are near this address you can come to the magic tyre shop to avail the best tyre deals and discounts for your car

    • #517575
      nycartinstallation
      Guest

      NYC Art Installation protects your art with a degree of unmatched expertise in the industry with quality and accuracy. For so many years, our New York art installation company has served the fine art sector from residential to commercials and beyond that, by providing high-quality NYC art installation services.

    • #518142
      wordle unlimited game
      Guest

      Thank you very much for your response. Now, I want to suggest wordle unlimited online game for you to relax. It is a free online game allowing you to play anywhere and anywhen.

Viewing 11 reply threads
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.