Show a dely on MS Project and 365 days (emonths?)

[raheenray]

I want to show a delay on MS project for a specific task. What I want to show is a time overrun of a specific task by 2 months from its original estimate but i want it to be clearly shown on the gant chart by a change in colour or hatching of the task bar from the date of the extension. Does anyone know how to do this?

Also, I want to 365 days fo the year instead of working days. I have heard that "emonths" can be entered but I do not know how or where to enter this

 

[Palmcrest]

1 why not show the baseline on the Gantt, that way if there is slippage then it will graphicaly display it. You can rejig the way the Gantt bars appear in order to increase the visual impact.

2 Type in 1emon into the duration field to show an e month.

There is other methods but start here

Regards

John

 

[Palmcrest]

Just realised
what is a month? depends on your calender and what you have set up.
I dont use anything above days as my projects dont last longer than a month, But i have lots of them.
1ew = 1 e week
1ed = 1 e day and so on.
I use e time to by pass calenders if I am not running a 24 hour project.

John

 

[raheenray]

Thanks for those John, really helped.

So am i right in saying that emonth is telling Project to calculate the days based on the actual number of days per month (i.e. 30 days in Sept, April etc.)?

Project though still defaults to 20 days per month in the calender so does "emonths" over-ride this this if the above is correct?

What exactly is emonths, edays etc as i have not been able to find a definition of it?

 

[PDQBach]

Set duration to 365edays

For the Gantt bars ... there are several solutions.

Here's the quick-and-easy one: If you have baselined the project then click on View > Tracking Gantt and that display will show the original (i.e., baselined Start/Finish) as well as the currently scheduled Start/Finish.

Here's the quick-and-dirty one: If you did NOT baseline the project then click on View > Tracking Gannt, insert the columns Baseline Start and Baseline Finish and set those two fields to the originally planned start and originally planned finish.

 

[Palmcrest]

So am i right in saying that emonth is telling Project to calculate the days based on the actual number of days per month (i.e. 30 days in Sept, April etc.)?

No whatever you nominate in your calender options will be the same for every month.
Thats why Edays are easier.

If you have some non working time ie sat and sunday non working,
7 days starting on monday will finish next tuesday as it will not count the weekend.
7 edays will go from Monday to Sunday as it means elapsed time and does not pay attention to calenders.

If I am waiting on concrete to dry I will call it 48 e hours as it will dry for the 48 hours disregarding non working time. I want to nominate a time so I can determine when its safe to load up the slab.

 

[PDQBach]

Yes.

If your start date is December 1, 2008 (which means December 1, 2008 at 8:00AM -- assuming a standard calendar and standard work day) and your duration is 3emons then the finish date will be March 1, 2009 (which means March 1, 2009 at 8:00AM -- assuming a standard calendar and standard work day). It's probably easier to think of the finish date/time as 1 nanosecond *before* March 1, 2009 8:00AM.

I almost always avoid edays/emonths etc. since that measurement ignores statutory holidays, etc. There are a few times (concrete curing) when it *might* make sense but, *generally*, you are scheduling human resources not physical resources.

 

[PDQBach]

Typo alert in my last sentence. It should read:

There are a few times (concrete curing) when it *might* make sense but, *generally*, you are scheduling human resources not physical PROCESSES.

 

[raheenray]

Thanks PDQBach, thats what i was finding on the Gantt chart.

Thanks for you help guys, i appreciate it.

Ray

 

[Palmcrest]

There are a few times (concrete curing) when it *might* make sense but, *generally*, you are scheduling human resources not physical PROCESSES.

*ALWAYS* makes sense for us, Curing - cool down , de riming,ramp up are all in the waiting game of the equipment or material. In our projects just as important as a human resource.