I have a task that is fixed duration - effort driven. Due to the task
itself, it must take place over 2 days, allowing time for drying.

I had assigned an initial resource to the task, translating into 14 hours of
work over 2 days. This resource doesn't have time to be committed all day to
the task, so am adding another resource to help out. when I assign, it is
fine - the work is divided and still over 2 days.

My question is - what if I don't want both resources to start at the same
time - perhaps I want one resource to work in the morning and the other to
continue on in the afternoon.

If I changed the start time, it sets a constraint, which I don't want to do.

Any suggestions?
Thanks!
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Thanks!

Dee

Hi,

Task Usage View
Set minor timescale to hours
You can now contour both resources' work at will.

Hope this helps,

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"dee" <dee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a task that is fixed duration - effort driven. Due to the task
> itself, it must take place over 2 days, allowing time for drying.
>
> I had assigned an initial resource to the task, translating into 14 hours
> of
> work over 2 days. This resource doesn't have time to be committed all day
> to
> the task, so am adding another resource to help out. when I assign, it is
> fine - the work is divided and still over 2 days.
>
> My question is - what if I don't want both resources to start at the same
> time - perhaps I want one resource to work in the morning and the other to
> continue on in the afternoon.
>
> If I changed the start time, it sets a constraint, which I don't want to
> do.
>
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks!
> --
> Thanks!
>
> Dee

Hi Jan,

Thanks for your help. I tried changing it manually, but of course it set a
constraint.

So, contouring is the answer - I'll test it out. Thanks for your time and
advice.
--
Thanks!

Dee


"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Task Usage View
> Set minor timescale to hours
> You can now contour both resources' work at will.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> --
> Jan De Messemaeker
> Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
> +32 495 300 620
> For availability check:
> http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
> "dee" <dee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8E477EA2-89D1-42DD-9CD1-D599E1D4FD8B@microsoft.com...
> >I have a task that is fixed duration - effort driven. Due to the task
> > itself, it must take place over 2 days, allowing time for drying.
> >
> > I had assigned an initial resource to the task, translating into 14 hours
> > of
> > work over 2 days. This resource doesn't have time to be committed all day
> > to
> > the task, so am adding another resource to help out. when I assign, it is
> > fine - the work is divided and still over 2 days.
> >
> > My question is - what if I don't want both resources to start at the same
> > time - perhaps I want one resource to work in the morning and the other to
> > continue on in the afternoon.
> >
> > If I changed the start time, it sets a constraint, which I don't want to
> > do.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> > Thanks!
> > --
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Dee
>
>
>