Microsoft Project - Task Types (Fixed Work, Units, Duration)

[ElvisMasur]

Thank you so much!!

Now I finally know what these things really are!!

[davidtraveller]

Excellent presentation, clearly spoken and at a good pace.  Thank you.

[ShamimAsadi]

Hi Very helpful , I wish you would upload more 

I have a question in regards to the MS Project 2010 Gantt Chart. There is abehavior that I can not explain.I have a project that have the tasks fixed Duration and they are not effort driven, Now when I assign a resource to a task, and the resource is on holiday during that time (exception), sometimes project gives me a warning that is going to adjust the duration and sometimes it doesn’t!would you know why?

I would apreciate your time

[SirGanttalot]

Hi. My first thought is to check each task to see if the "Scheduling ignores Resource Calendars" box is checked or not. Double click the task to open the Task Information box. Click the Advanced tab. Look on the right for the box to set/unset Scheduling ignores Resource Calendars. Otherwise, feel free to email me the schedule itself. My email address is on the SirGanttalot Channel page.

[rkudera1972]

Hi, is it possible to do report with two filters, for instance if I want to filter certain tasks within certain period of time, is that possible? Thanks a lot

[SirGanttalot]

Yes, click Project > Filtered for > and select the Date Range filter. You will then be prompted to enter the two dates you want to use to "bracket" the tasks you want to display. Let me know if you need more help.

[pastormensah]

Hi Sir, 7 months ago tooee8 addviced to you show us video examples. I want to know if you have done that. Kindly send me email as I have some other question for you Sir. Thanks and keep the good work up.

[bettmcc]

We are using Microsoft Project Server and find that when a resource enters actual hours under "My tasks" in PWA that the number of actual hours entered changes in the project depending on the task type chosen. Should this happen???

[SirGanttalot]

What version of Project Server are you using, 2007? Are you ending up with strange decimal hours that were not enterred by the resource? There are possible areas to research here, but the first step is to make sure that your server environment and also you clients are all at the latest Service Pack and Hotfix/Update level. I would be happy to look at some specific examples if you want to message or email me.

[Spyril87]

THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!! You single-handedly saved our group project :)

[profedgaarcia]

Very Good. The best explanation I've already saw about that. Blessing. LL&P. Thanks.

[tooee8]

couple of comments- first, I suggest providing an example or two for your discussion of work/units/duration; the basic concept is easy but seeing the variables change using actual values might help make it crystal clear. second, just a comment that your screen shots are fairly fuzzy and it would be nice if they were clearer. otherwise nicely done, and I am adding this (& probably others of yours) to a playlist.

[dphelp]

Fantastic, very well done, this is the best explanation of task typesI have seen

[geodave227]

Very helpful! Now if I could just figure out how to make it do fixed work and fixed units at the same time!

[SirGanttalot]

Thanks..... If you make a task Fixed Units AND Effort Driven (the default in MS Project), then in a sense you are also locking down the work.

[SirGanttalot]

Thanks, I appreciate your comments! Feel free to suggest topics that would be worthy of covering in future videos. Best regards.

[d1664256]

Thank goodness for your video. You are the only one who teaches what is in the title rather than including every bit of trivia possible about Microsoft Project. Thank you!

[ketiaksudang]

thanks. i have one question : Do you know what is Grant chart Rollup in Microsoftprojekt ? do have a video tutorial of it?

[SirGanttalot]

"Gantt Chart Rollup" usually means the top summary Gantt chart task that shows totals for things like Cost, % Complete, etc. There is a wrong way and a right way to show this. The wrong way is to insert a task at the top of the chart and indent everything below it . The RIGHT way is to display the Project Summary Task. Click Tools > Options. Click the "View" tab. Click "Show project summary task" at the bottom right of the panel. Subscribe to my videos, I wil load one on this topic soon.

[ketiaksudang]

Thanks for your reply. now this rollup confusing me. on your next tutorial about roll up, please also teach us the correlation between your way: Click Tools > Options. Click the "View" tab. Click "Show project summary task" at the bottom right of the panel and tools/macro/rollup format buttons. I do really like this lesson PManagement. Im reading a handbook of Microsoft Project 2007 nowdays (german version/822 pages). I subscribed your account already sir.

[3984204]

Great stuff! Thanks for this instrumental presentation! More, please...

[BMG4ME]

Thanks, this is very helpful.

[nishan300]

i was wondering how you would create a network diagram?

[SirGanttalot]

Click View > Network Diagram. You then have many view customization and manipulation options. Is that what you are asking? Let me know if you need more information.

[MaaguoN]

Sir Ganttalot,

Is your powerpoint posted anywhere? I would love to print off a copy to keep by my desk as a tutorial. It makes everything very clear. I'm going to make this video required viewing for our PMs.

Thanks!

[SirGanttalot]

I'm sure I can fix you up with the PowerPoint. I'll send you an email separately so that we can determine the best approach. My main sponsor will be making all the PowerPoints and raw AVI files available a little later this year. In the meantime, like I say, I'll email you directly to meet your own immediate needs.

[broncool70]

I want to summorize a task, phasing the task with 7 bench marks w/ the names of the phases. Is there any way to do this all on the same task line?

[SirGanttalot]

This is a very common request, but MS Project does not offer this feature. I'm assuming you would like to see diamonds or similar for each phase, displayed inside the Gantt chart bar, right? Project takes an approach based on a hierarchy of tasks and indented subtasks. Phases would have to appear below the parent. BUT You can have a filtered view to show just specified tasks. ALSO,If you have Project Server, experiment with Deliverables. And format the Gantt bars to show deliverable info.