please help - confused now!

[greenbean]

MS Project 2003

I am rebuilding a plan and would like the following but cannot get project
to do it!

e.g. a simple set of tasks that are linked to occur one after each other

task1 then task2 then task3

if each is two days long

task1 starts mon finishes tues 2d
task2 starts wed finishes thu 2d
task3 starts fri finishes sat 2d

How do I get project to display the data this way - what its doing is:

task1 starts mon finishes tues 2d
task2 starts tues finishes thu 2d
task3 starts thu finishes sat 2d

Although they are the same in terms of schedule I want it to read as the
first list. I have set my project up as fixed duration and NOT effort
driven...

Help appreciated greatly

Chris

 

[Gérard Ducouret]

Chris,
At what time task1 finished?
What are the setttings in Tools / Options / Calendar : hours/day...Start by
default...
What are the time slots in you calendar?

Gérard Ducouret

 

[greenbean]

I've set a default day to 7.5 hours and week to 37.5 for all activity....

work starts at 0830 to 1200 then 1230 to 1700hrs as default

chris

 

[Guidho]

That's exactly what is causing your problem.
Your calendar settings do not match your hours per day/week.

Your working hours are from 0830 to 1200 => 3.5 working hours
Then from 1230 to 1700 => 4.5 working hours
This adds up to 8 hours working time per day, and not the 7.5 you
specified in tools -> options.

If you fix this, your schedule should be ok.

Hope this helps,
Guidho

 

[greenbean]

Yep that fixed it!! Many thanks - couldn't see the problem staring me in the
face...

chris