In this eBook, we
will develop some custom elements to help MS Project users who want to apply
non-default hours-per-day conversion factors and start/end times to the tasks
scheduled according to the task calendars in the same project plan file.
Background Information and More on the eBook's Content
While building a
project schedule in MS Project, most probably, it will be required to edit the
default working/nonworking time patterns defined in the base calendar selected
as the project calendar in order to customize them for the project being
currently planned; or instead of using a modified base calendar, a new base
calendar with the custom patterns can be created to be used as the project
calendar. And then, if required, the project’s time unit conversion factors
associated with the three time periods (i.e., Hours per day, Hours per
week, and Days per month ) and the default start/end times (i.e.,
Default start time and Default end time) are set according to the
project calendar. Synchronization among all these settings ensures consistency
in the project schedule’s data either calculated/filled in by MS Project or
entered by the user.
The project
calendar is the global calendar which applies to the whole project, and it
cannot be customized for individual tasks or group of tasks. At this point, MS
Project’s calendar feature enables us to define and apply task calendars to the
tasks that need to be scheduled with the working/nonworking times different than
the rest of the project in the same project plan file. For example, some tasks
of a single location project or tasks at certain sites of a multi-location
project may require the use of task calendars with different working/nonworking
times in the same schedule. However, in such projects, the resulting data that
the project schedule show may cause confusion if the user is not aware of MS
Project’s behavior in that both the time unit conversion factors and the default
start/end times, which are adjusted according to the project calendar, are also
applied to the tasks with task calendars since it is not possible to set
separate versions of these two groups of settings for each task calendar. This
situation immediately leads to the following question, which will be answered in
this eBook: how to deal with this behavior while scheduling such projects in MS
Project ?
The content has been aimed at professionals
who currently plan and manage projects by
using MS Project, and therefore, who already
have knowledge and skills to handle various
calendars, and also to develop and maintain
custom field formulas in MS Project, and at
the same time, who want to learn techniques
on how to handle multiple calendars with
non-default start/end times in MS Project. It
is important to note that the model
presented here is not a complete solution to
the issue but rather a limited workaround
for small projects in a single project plan
file with no subprojects (i.e., inserted
projects) and involves adjustments for the
hours-per-day values only. On the other
hand, it can be customized to implement in
many project management scenarios.
Details on the eBook
All the
information presented in this eBook are based on the results of experimenting
with the latest standalone desktop version of MS Project available at the time
of writing this eBook. The examples in this eBook were developed and tested by
using MS Project loaded with the latest updates.
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