Duration and Start-End Dates Don't Match !

[lmtai]

I have a problem obtaining the correct duration in days.

As an example,

Task 1 Start: 24/03/03 End: 24/03/03 Duration: 0.88

The duration shown by MS Project is 0.88 instead of 1 day
This is very strange and I can't seem to identify why it does this. The calendar and non-working schedule is set to the default 8am - 5pm if this helps at all.

Please help as it gives a very inaccurate count of total days spent on a project. Thanks.

 

[LohneB]

Imtai,

Have you checked all the calendars that might be in use for your project? There are more than one calendar that can be set up and used for any given project and one of these may have a work day set to ".88" instead of "1". The calendars that I can think of are the "Project Calendar", "Task Calendar", and the "Resource Calendar". Depending on how each is set up and the ones you are using, you could end up with a problem similar to what you are having.

Hope this helps!
Bill Bill Lohne
blohne@lohne.us

 

[lmtai]

Hi LohneB,
Thanks for your reply. However, I still can't solve the problem. I've checked the calendars and they are aligned with each other i.e. have the same hours set.
Is there anything else that I can check ? Thanks.