how do i set up a task that is never ending and done at 10%?

[shahar]

hi,
i need to create a task that is ongoing and never ends and that takes a
constant 10% of the project time. how do i do that?

the reason i need this is for setting up a constant debugging task. this
task cannot have an estimed length.... nor ending date.... it always there
and should take about 10% of the work time.

please help...

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

Put the end to 31/12/2049, that is how far Project's calendar goes
Give it a task calendar taking 48 mins a day (or 10% of normal working time)
HTH

 

[Manmeet Chaudhari]

Hi Shahar,
One option is you can use recurring task.
For the second option try following steps
1. Insert Project summary task (tools-options-view)
2. Create a custom formula field for duration which has formula 10% of
duration. For summary task select the option "use formula"
3. Insert the task called debugging copy the duration of Project summary.
goto the duration of debugging paste link there using paste special

Hope this helps


Thanks and Regards
Manmeet Chaudhari

 

[shahar]

Jan and Manmeet,
Thanx to both of you.
I think i'll use yours Jan.... seems simple enough

 

[Joe]

Or you can set up a hammock task that ends when the project ends. You could
assign it to a task calandar that is only 10% of a day (as Jan suggested) or
you can just allocate the task at 10%.

 

[Steve House [Project MVP]]

I concur with Joe. All projects should have a start and finish milestones
at the least. Either for the first task in the project task list or the
last, whenever is convenient, enter a task as a hammock task starting on the
start milestone's start date and ending on the finish milestone's end date.
Make sure it's NOT linked in with any of the other tasks as predecessor or
successor. Assign the required resource to it 10%. You'll find as the
project duration expands and contracts the debug task will expand and
contract in lock-step.