Does MS Project 2007 have the capabilities to input a start and finish time for a specific task in conjunction with the Start and Finish dates? Example: Task 1-Excavate Dirt- Monday Oct 1. 07:00hrs to 12:00hrs Task 2-Build forms- Monday Oct 1. 12:00hrs to 14:00hrs Task 2-Form Rebar- Monday Oct1. 14:00hrs to 19:00hrs etc. Thanks in advance for your help Damon
Damon, You can specify scheduling to the accuracy you require in MS Project by following these 3 steps. 1: Ensure that both your Options\Calendar settings and the Base Calendar for your project (Change Working Time dialogue box) are in Synch and allow for a working day that is not the default OOTB. In your case you are looking to achieve a 12 hour day with no lunchbreak. 2: To display the time go Tools>Options>View and in the Date Format section select the format most suited to your needs - typically you will want one of the selections that displays time as well as date. 3: Looking at your list of tasks if your working day spans from 07:00 through to 19:00 hours with no interruptions you could simply enter the tasks, edit durations to be 5h, 2h and 5h respectively and link them together - the 2nd & 3rd tasks would start at the desired times - if they don't odds are that you have not edited the settings mentioned in 1: above. Let us know how you get on. -- Dominic Moss Projectability - Helping People achieve more with Microsoft Project www.projectability.co.uk "Damon" wrote in message news:A9AF3E4F-8529-4BED-B408-B9BB5367A26D@microsoft.com... > Does MS Project 2007 have the capabilities to input a start and finish > time > for a specific task in conjunction with the Start and Finish dates? > Example: > Task 1-Excavate Dirt- Monday Oct 1. 07:00hrs to 12:00hrs > Task 2-Build forms- Monday Oct 1. 12:00hrs to 14:00hrs > Task 2-Form Rebar- Monday Oct1. 14:00hrs to 19:00hrs > etc. > Thanks in advance for your help > Damon
Hi Damon, A short answer is no. You can set either a start or finish date but generally not both. Project calculates dates from data you enter about the work or duration required to complete each task. So if your task "Excavate dirt you expect to take .5d (7:00am to 12:00am) then set duration to 0.5d, the successor to that is then "build forms" duration 2hrs, and the successor to that is "form rebar" duration 3hrs. This will automatically set start and finsh dates for all your tasks, except the start of the first task which must have a start date set if there is no predecessor. However it also does mean that you will need to check your calendar settings, and make sure the default settings for hours per day, days per week match that of your calendar. Also do not allow the default 'none' to be set as the task calendar, set the task calendar to the calendar appropriate to that task. It is a good habit to get into. Hope this helps Regards DavidC "Damon" wrote: > Does MS Project 2007 have the capabilities to input a start and finish time > for a specific task in conjunction with the Start and Finish dates? > Example: > Task 1-Excavate Dirt- Monday Oct 1. 07:00hrs to 12:00hrs > Task 2-Build forms- Monday Oct 1. 12:00hrs to 14:00hrs > Task 2-Form Rebar- Monday Oct1. 14:00hrs to 19:00hrs > etc. > Thanks in advance for your help > Damon
All date fields in Project are really date/time fields and when manually doing an entry all you need do is type the time as part of your entry. To see the times, as others have mentioned, go to the Tools, Options menu and on the View page select a date format that also displays the time. Of much greater importance is the fact that you should not be entering task start and finish dates at all, whether you specify time or not. It's Project's job to calculate those dates and times for you, based on the project kickoff date, the durations of the various tasks, the workflow modeled in the task links, and the availability of the resources required to do the work. You don't tell it when you think tasks should take place - it tells you when tasks can take place. -- Steve House [Project MVP] MS Project Trainer & Consultant Visit http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm for the FAQs . "Damon" wrote in message news:A9AF3E4F-8529-4BED-B408-B9BB5367A26D@microsoft.com... > Does MS Project 2007 have the capabilities to input a start and finish > time > for a specific task in conjunction with the Start and Finish dates? > Example: > Task 1-Excavate Dirt- Monday Oct 1. 07:00hrs to 12:00hrs > Task 2-Build forms- Monday Oct 1. 12:00hrs to 14:00hrs > Task 2-Form Rebar- Monday Oct1. 14:00hrs to 19:00hrs > etc. > Thanks in advance for your help > Damon
