Can I do a MS Project schedule with timescale unit in seconds??

[LuisGuevara]

I want to do a schedule that uses seconds and decimal seconds in MS project.
Is there some way to do that? I would like to be able to go from zero seconds
to say 200 seconds for analyzing automated machine cycles.

 

[Rod Gill]

The minimum time unit for Project is minutes. You could use minutes instead
of seconds?

 

[LuisGuevara]

Thanks but the problem is after 59 minutes it starts with 0 again and if I
want .52 seconds(minutes) it rounds to zero. Do you or anyone know of a PERT
GANTT software that can handle this type of application?

 

[Steve House [Project MVP]]

I'm not aware of any. Project management is about scheduling people to do
human activities aimed at creating a unique result.

 

[LuisGuevara]

Thanks. I need to do the same but for machines.
(you aren't Steve House the mountain climber by any chance?)

I'm not aware of any. Project management is about scheduling people to do
human activities aimed at creating a unique result.
--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

Thanks but the problem is after 59 minutes it starts with 0 again and if I
want .52 seconds(minutes) it rounds to zero. Do you or anyone know of a
PERT
GANTT software that can handle this type of application?

 

[Steve House [Project MVP]]

Not the mountain climber - my athletic prowess is more along the lines of
sitting on the porch of the lodge at the base of the cliff, gin & tonic in
hand, watching the climbers through binoculars <grin>

I suspect Excel and/or Visio would be better choices for your situation.
There's a lot of behaviours in project scheduling software in the way they
calculate durations, etc, that'll probably be very frustrating for you. The
project scheduling paradigm is quite different from scheduling repetitive
operations.
--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

Thanks. I need to do the same but for machines.
(you aren't Steve House the mountain climber by any chance?)

I'm not aware of any. Project management is about scheduling people to
do
human activities aimed at creating a unique result.
--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

Thanks but the problem is after 59 minutes it starts with 0 again and
if I
want .52 seconds(minutes) it rounds to zero. Do you or anyone know of a
PERT
GANTT software that can handle this type of application?

:

The minimum time unit for Project is minutes. You could use minutes
instead
of seconds?

--

Rod Gill
Project MVP
Visit www.msproject-systems.com for Project Companion Tools and more


I want to do a schedule that uses seconds and decimal seconds in MS
project.
Is there some way to do that? I would like to be able to go from
zero
seconds
to say 200 seconds for analyzing automated machine cycles.

 

[Ratheesh]

LuisGuevara,

Yes as everyone said this may not be practical with MS project and I am not
aware of any tool that can help you to schedule your project is seconds.

But here is some crazy idea if there are no other tools available other than
MS Excel and you want to somehow use MS project.Not very sure if this will
work.I have never tried and apologize if this is a stupid one.

Since minutes is the smallest fraction that can be accounted in MS project
you can achieve recoding seconds only by doing some kind of manual conversion.

Say if you want to enter 1 second for a task enter 60 meaning project will
take that as 60 seconds rather than 60 minutes since these clock times are
always devisible by 60 to achive next level of the measurment scale
(hour/minuts) this may help you.You can include a custom colum/equation to
see the hour/minuts value the project is indicatind in the work column.

Hope this helps