how can I find *real* duration time?

[Piotrek]

Hello,

I have a task which lasts four days. I have a resource whose calendar says
that it can work four hours a day. I have this resource assigned to this
task. When I am in the Gantt view and I take a look at the column
"duration", it says "2 days". As far as I remember this column just takes
number of hours the task takes, divides it by 8 and reports it as number of
days.
I want to know how many working days this task really takes. How can I check
it?

[JulieS]

Hi Piotrek,

Do you want the resource to work 8 hours over 2 days or 16 hours
over 4 days? If the resource only works 4 hours per day and the
work is 16 hours, change the work, the duration should change.

To easily view the difference between work and duration, split your
screen to show the Task Form. (Window > Split.)

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

Julie
Project MVP

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[Steve House]

Duration is actually always measured in minutes and the ability to use units
like "days" is just there for convenience. Further, the minutes out of the
normal 24 hour clock day that count for duration are defoned by the calendar
that is governing the task. A 2-day task is one that lasts 960 minutes,
given the normal defaults. If it starts Monday at 8am, 960 available
working-time minutes is "burned up" Tuesday at 5pm if the resource assigned
works a normal 8-hour day and Thursday at 12 noon if the resource assigned
works only mornings, 4 hours per day. The duration of the task is the same
regardless of which resources is assigned since in both cases the duration
remains 960 minutes.
--
Steve House
MS Project Trainer & Consultant

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