Duration is not accurate

[Adrian]

I have created a schedule using the default calendar of 40 hour weeks and 8
hour days.
I have then adjusted the calendar to reflect the standard working time for
our company which is 37.5 hours weeks and 7.5 hours days.
The task bars have now all been slightly adjusted. For example I have a 10
day task that finishes a few hours before the end of the 10th day. So the
succeeding task starts a few hours earlier.
Anyone got any idea on how I might fix this?

 

[JulieS]

Hi Adrian,

When you adjusted the calendar, did you also change the Calendar options
to a 7.5 hour day and a 37.5 hour week?

See FAQ 5 "Default Working Hours" at:

http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

It sounds as though you have only changed the calendar (Tools > Change
Working Time) and not adjusted the Calendar options on the calendar tab
of the Tools > Options dialog box.

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I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

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Microsoft Project.

 

[Adrian]

Hi Julie,

Thanks for this. I followed the directions in the link you sent and selected
all the working days in the standard calendar and adjusted the start time of
each day. This has fixed it!! Thanks for your help... I don't think I'd have
worked it out on my own!

Cheers,

Adrian

 

[JulieS]

Hi Adrian,

You're most welcome and thanks for the feedback. :-D

Julie

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