Re: How to setup Task&Duration to be Ongoing?

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In the classic set of project definitions, a 'task' is ALWAYS a package of work that produces a specific, measurable, observable deliverable - 1 program module, one hole in the ground, one wall covered with paint, 100 widgets, etc. The task starts at the moment work begins on that deliverable and is finished at the precise point in time when the deliverable has been created, not before and not later. As such, "on-going" tasks with no definable duration are simply can't exist. Even variable length hammock tasks, such as a project management task that lasts for whatever the total duration of the project happens to be at the moment, still have an exact, measurable, and predictable duration. If your project contains tasks that are even ABLE to be terminated at some arbitrary point in time independent of the moment of creation of a required deliverable, you seriously need to rethink your project's work breakdown structure.
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"agenda9533" <agenda9533@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:A3E4A886-CC4D-4C1F-B485-CBB4997E34E1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I do not know when some tasks/activities/process end. They are ongoing until
we shut them down.
Is there any way to setup Duration to be ongoing, not limited, "run until
futher notice"?????
Thank you!

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