Lenth of task in Gantt chart

[Roger]

I have a project scheduled by hours.
I have set the Timescale (using the middle and bottom tier)
to "days" and "hours".
My problem is one task is 12 hours long and another is 6
hours long and the 6 hour task is only a small line, and
the 12 hour task is like an inch long.

Thank you,

Roger

 

[JulieS]

Hi Roger,
My guess would be the definition of working time in your calendar and how
Project works with task durations. Remember, when you say a task takes "6
hrs" or "12 hrs" you are talking about working time. If I create a task with
a 6 hour duration starting tomorrow (Friday) at 8:00 am the task ends at 3:00
PM tomorrow. If I create a task with a 12 hour duration starting tomorrow,
it starts at 8:00 am but doesn't end until 12:00 pm on Monday. The bar spans
across my weekend (Saturday and Sunday) which are non-working and
consequently the bar is much longer than 2 times the 6 hour bar.
You may find it helpful to change your date format to show time as well as
dates. Choose Tools --> Options. On the View tab, change the default date
format to one that shows times.

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.
Julie

 

[Roger]

Thank you Julie.
This opens new problems,
My calander is set to start work at 6:00 AM and is a 24
hour (its warranty work).
If I start work at 6:00 AM, and schedule the work for 6
hours, it goes from 8:00 AM til 3:30 PM.
Why won't the calendar count the hours?
Thank you,

Roger

 

[JulieS]

Hi Roger,
A couple of things I would check:
1) That every day in the project calendar is set to start at 6:00 am. It is
very easy to only change the working time for one day. Select the column
headings (M, T, W etc) and edit the working hours.
2) Make sure that the definitions on the Calendar page of the Tools -->
Options dialog box are set correctly - hours per day and hours per
week.(Although you are using hours for duration, so this shouldn't be a
problem.)
3) Go to Project --> Project Information and make sure the correct calendar
is set for the Project.
4) While in Project Information double check the start time of your project.
Frequently it defaults to 8:00 am when it should be 6:00 am. To test that
everything is set correctly. Just backspace over the time showing in the
Start Date, click OK. Go back to Project --> Project Information and you
should see the 6:00 am start.
Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.
Julie

 

[Steve House [MVP]]

The 24 hours calendar does not just mean work can take place at any hour of
the day. It also means that once a task starts it will proceed 24/7 until
its done. If you expected the task to take 72 hours and Joe started it at 6
am Monday, the 24 hour calendar means Joe will work 24/7 until Friday
morning at 6am - no break, no lunch, no nap, no seeing the family. Is that
really accurate?

Steve House [MVP]

 

[Roger]

Julie,

Thank you this appears to have worked.
I appreciate your time to answer.

Roger

 

[JulieD]

Hi

and in addition to JulieS's suggestion, choose Format / Timescale and the
Non-Working time tab and choose the In Front of Task Bars option .. which
will put the blue bar line behind the grey weekend line and then it doesn't
look like you're working on weekends.

Hope this helps
Cheers
JulieD