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Task fixed duration but variable resource.

May 24, 2013 - 16:25 pm
geotux
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HI,

 

there is one thing that is driving me nuts with PL. It may be because of my poor understanding of how similar softwares work. I have never used MS project or similar before. BTW, it is really great that you have taken on board this task of creating a real alternative to MS Project as the open source world really needs a product like this. Many colleagues use it so I understand that there is a place for it.

I have a project (consultancy services) where I have set a main task (create a large report) with several subtasks (stages of the report and review stages, etc). Three people are involved with this report. The subtasks are set over periods of weeks (eg. subtask 1=2 weeks; subtask 2=3weeks and is dependant of finalising subtask1, etc.). The three people resourced, in total have allocated hours that summed up, do not equal 2x40hrs or 3x40hrs. So what happens is that as soon as I assign 10hrs for person 1, 10 hrs for person 2 and 5hrs for person three (25hrs total), PL adjusts the duration to fit around this sum. How can I stop PL from doing this? The resources (3 people) have to be deployed over many projects over those three weeks and they cannot use their allocated time in one chunck to the specific subtask.

In the "Advance" tab, I selected "Fixed Duration" as Type adn deselected the "Effort Drivern" button. Is this right?

I hope I have made my problem clear enough.

 

BTW, as a wish list item, it would be good to be able to select colours of items on gantt chart. The yellow dots for the deadlines are hardly visible when you print them.

CHeers
Antonio