How do I setup a task to last 2 weeks but only take 4 hours

[Boybanshee]

Say I order a part that will take 2 weeks to be delivered. How do you show
that in project and allocate resources to it? I want it to last for 2 weeks
but only show a 4 hour duration.

 

[Thor Kottelin]

Say I order a part that will take 2 weeks to be delivered. How do you show
that in project and allocate resources to it? I want it to last for 2 weeks
but only show a 4 hour duration.

You could put something like "10FS+2 wks" in the Predecessors box, 10 being
the number of the previous task. This will create a two week lag.

Thor

 

[Brian K - Project MVP]

Say I order a part that will take 2 weeks to be delivered. How do
you show that in project and allocate resources to it? I want it to
last for 2 weeks but only show a 4 hour duration.

Are you saying it will take 4 hours of work but that 4 hours will be
spread across 2 weeks?

 

[Steve House [Project MVP]]

Waiting for the part to be delivered is NOT a task unless the delivery
process itself requires work by a resource that must be scheduled. If I
order a part and am waiting for it to come, the tasks involved are the order
process itself, taking however long it takes me to place the order, and the
task that uses the part once it gets here. If it will take two weeks to
deliver, then there is a 2week lag time in the link between the "ordering"
and the "using" tasks. On the other hand, if one of my resources has to
take a truck to the vendor, pick up the part, and drive back to deliver it,
that lag time becomes instead an actual task with a two week duration and
requiring the driver as a resource assigned probably 100%.