Re: General Task Question Please Help

That one was a gift, Mike.

Keith, everyone's been there. When it stings you, you never forget them. You
will be amazed at how many things seem un-intuitive at first but then seem
very natural.

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"Mike Glen" <glenATmvps.org> wrote in message
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Hi Keith,

It is!!

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP
See http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc for Project Tutorials



"Keith Chadwick" <KeithChadwick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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. Very counter intuitive and should be available through
the right click menu on the Ghantt Chart itself.

I will have a look at mikes tutorials though.

Cheers
Keith

"JulieS" wrote:

Hello Keith,

I think some of the frustration you may be having is some difference in
terminology that Project uses versus how you are using it. I assume you
are saying the following:
1 task which you will allow 2 resources 1 week to complete. The total
amount of work (effort) for the resources is 8 hours and you want each
resource to perform half of the work -- or 4 hours each.

So, to Project:
1 task with a *duration* of 1 week
2 resources each assigned at 10% assignment units to allow them to
spread his/her 4 hours of work out over the one week. Total *work* 8
hours.

I suggest taking a read through fellow MVP Mike Glen's excellent series
of "how-to" articles on MS Project at:

http://project.mvps.org/mike's_tutorials.htm

I think you'll find them a terrific resource for getting you up and
running in the correct way with Project. The time you invest in some
upfront reading will pay off :-)

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information
about Microsoft Project

"Keith Chadwick" <KeithChadwick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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I have been asked to set up the project schedule for an upcomming
project and
I am running into some frustration.

Simply put I have a task that will take 8 hours between 2 resources,
so 50%
allocated to each. But the task will be completed over a week. How
do I
show this is one task. Do I use the Lag feature? Or sub tasks one
for each
developer?

I have searched through the help and this basic information is not
provided.
Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers
Keith







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