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From: Steve S on 31 Mar 2010 15:05 I have a project that will run 24 hours a day until it's finished,I can't get the calendar to change to a 24 hour one. how can I change it for this project?
From: Dale Howard [MVP] on 31 Mar 2010 15:22 Steve -- Do the following: 1. Click Project - Project Information. 2. Click the Calendar pick list and select the 24 hours calendar and then click the OK button. 3. Click Format - Timescale and then select the Non-Work Time tab. 4. Click the Calendar pick list and select the 24 hours calendar and then click the OK button. 5. Click Tools - Options - Calendar. 6. Change the Hours Per Day value to 24h. 7. Change the Default Start Time value and the Default End Time value to 12:00 AM. 8. Change the Hours Per Week value to 168h. 9. Click the OK button. If you have resources in the Resource Sheet view of your project, you should also change their Base Calendar value to the 24 Hours calendar as well. Hope this helps. -- Dale A. Howard [MVP] VP of Educational Services msProjectExperts http://www.msprojectexperts.com http://www.projectserverexperts.com "We write the books on Project Server" "Steve S" <SteveS(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:11B849F2-3DB5-47BF-B871-B247ED98E450(a)microsoft.com... > I have a project that will run 24 hours a day until it's finished,I can't > get > the calendar to change to a 24 hour one. how can I change it for this > project?
From: Steve S on 31 Mar 2010 17:05 Thanks Dale That worked, The help text didn't explain as completely as you did Thanks again Steve "Dale Howard [MVP]" wrote: > Steve -- > > Do the following: > > 1. Click Project - Project Information. > 2. Click the Calendar pick list and select the 24 hours calendar and then > click the OK button. > 3. Click Format - Timescale and then select the Non-Work Time tab. > 4. Click the Calendar pick list and select the 24 hours calendar and then > click the OK button. > 5. Click Tools - Options - Calendar. > 6. Change the Hours Per Day value to 24h. > 7. Change the Default Start Time value and the Default End Time value to > 12:00 AM. > 8. Change the Hours Per Week value to 168h. > 9. Click the OK button. > > If you have resources in the Resource Sheet view of your project, you should > also change their Base Calendar value to the 24 Hours calendar as well. > Hope this helps. > > -- > Dale A. Howard [MVP] > VP of Educational Services > msProjectExperts > http://www.msprojectexperts.com > http://www.projectserverexperts.com > "We write the books on Project Server" > > > "Steve S" <SteveS(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:11B849F2-3DB5-47BF-B871-B247ED98E450(a)microsoft.com... > > I have a project that will run 24 hours a day until it's finished,I can't > > get > > the calendar to change to a 24 hour one. how can I change it for this > > project? >
From: Dale Howard [MVP] on 31 Mar 2010 17:09 Steve -- You are more than welcome, my friend! :) -- Dale A. Howard [MVP] VP of Educational Services msProjectExperts http://www.msprojectexperts.com http://www.projectserverexperts.com "We write the books on Project Server" "Steve S" <SteveS(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D3C80461-D04E-4591-B2EC-D859CA67BE94(a)microsoft.com... > Thanks Dale > > That worked, The help text didn't explain as completely as you did > > Thanks again > > Steve > > "Dale Howard [MVP]" wrote: > >> Steve -- >> >> Do the following: >> >> 1. Click Project - Project Information. >> 2. Click the Calendar pick list and select the 24 hours calendar and >> then >> click the OK button. >> 3. Click Format - Timescale and then select the Non-Work Time tab. >> 4. Click the Calendar pick list and select the 24 hours calendar and >> then >> click the OK button. >> 5. Click Tools - Options - Calendar. >> 6. Change the Hours Per Day value to 24h. >> 7. Change the Default Start Time value and the Default End Time value to >> 12:00 AM. >> 8. Change the Hours Per Week value to 168h. >> 9. Click the OK button. >> >> If you have resources in the Resource Sheet view of your project, you >> should >> also change their Base Calendar value to the 24 Hours calendar as well. >> Hope this helps. >> >> -- >> Dale A. Howard [MVP] >> VP of Educational Services >> msProjectExperts >> http://www.msprojectexperts.com >> http://www.projectserverexperts.com >> "We write the books on Project Server" >> >> >> "Steve S" <SteveS(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:11B849F2-3DB5-47BF-B871-B247ED98E450(a)microsoft.com... >> > I have a project that will run 24 hours a day until it's finished,I >> > can't >> > get >> > the calendar to change to a 24 hour one. how can I change it for this >> > project? >>
From: "Steve House" sjhouse at hotmail dot on 1 Apr 2010 17:59 But think a moment before you do this. A proper work breakdown defines a task as a physical activity done by a single resource resulting in a single deliverable. If you use the 24-hour calendar as your Project calendar, you're implying that once a task - let's say one that requires 100 man-hours to complete - has started, the poor individual assigned to do that task won't get a meal break, won't get a nap, won't see the family, etc for at least 4 days, working without interruption until the task is done. People just don't work like that. If you have activity that runs for 24 consecutive hours, different people are doing it during the day, in the evening, and overnight. You don't cover that with a single 24-hour calendar; you cover it with at least 3 single (typically 8-hour) shift calendars - one for the people working day shift, another for the people working swing, and the third for the people working graveyard. Pick the one that decribes the work hours of most of the people working on the project and make that the Project calendar, while assigning the base calendar that describes each individual resource's shift as their controlling calendar in the resource sheet. -- Steve House MS Project Trainer & Consultant "Steve S" <SteveS(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:11B849F2-3DB5-47BF-B871-B247ED98E450(a)microsoft.com... >I have a project that will run 24 hours a day until it's finished,I can't >get > the calendar to change to a 24 hour one. how can I change it for this > project?
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