Hi all,
I'm relatively new to MS Project, but I'm attempting to convince my workplace to move from manually scheduling our work in Excel to using auto scheduling in Project. There is one thing that stands in my way, currently.
I need to schedule tasks down to the number of hours. I realize this sounds like micromanaging, and it is somewhat, but the nature of the work we are doing requires it. Here is my difficulty: I have tasks that need to start first thing in the morning because they take a full day but cannot be stopped once started. So, for scheduling purposes, the task takes 8 hours. However, when I have it linked to the previous task, Project has it automatically start after the previous task is completed, regardless of what time it is during the day. I can't have a task start at noon and then stop at 4pm, then restart at 8am the next day, because it cannot be stopped. However, I don't want to use the elapsed duration scheduling, because I don't want the task to continue into non-working hours. Is there any way I can have Project start the task at the next available 8am and still keep the project robust enough to automatically reschedule things when tasks slip or are completed early?
I'm relatively new to MS Project, but I'm attempting to convince my workplace to move from manually scheduling our work in Excel to using auto scheduling in Project. There is one thing that stands in my way, currently.
I need to schedule tasks down to the number of hours. I realize this sounds like micromanaging, and it is somewhat, but the nature of the work we are doing requires it. Here is my difficulty: I have tasks that need to start first thing in the morning because they take a full day but cannot be stopped once started. So, for scheduling purposes, the task takes 8 hours. However, when I have it linked to the previous task, Project has it automatically start after the previous task is completed, regardless of what time it is during the day. I can't have a task start at noon and then stop at 4pm, then restart at 8am the next day, because it cannot be stopped. However, I don't want to use the elapsed duration scheduling, because I don't want the task to continue into non-working hours. Is there any way I can have Project start the task at the next available 8am and still keep the project robust enough to automatically reschedule things when tasks slip or are completed early?