Microsoft KB Archive/65974

Proj1: Altering a Task’s Duration for Leveling Purposes

PSS ID Number: Q65974 Article last modified on 03-15-1995

1.00 | 1.10

WINDOWS | MACINTOSH

= SUMMARY =

If a task is set to 100-percent complete, and if for leveling purposes its Duration and Actual Finish are increased or decreased, Project for Windows and Macintosh assumes the updated task has finished on its original (scheduled) finish date.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Project for Windows version 1.00. This problem was corrected in Project version 3.00.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The following are steps to re-create this behavior when leveling automatically:


 * 1) Create a project with two tasks: Task 1 with a duration of two days (2d), and Task 2 with a duration of one day (1d).
 * 2) Apply the same resource to both tasks.
 * 3) Select Task 1. From the Option menu, choose Set Actual and select Selection.
 * 4) Change the duration of Task 1 to one day (1d).
 * 5) With Task 1 selected, activate the Task Form.
 * 6) Click on the Actual button, and change the Finish date to reflect one day less than the date listed.
 * 7) From the Option menu, choose Level Now.

Note that Task 2 is delayed two days, even though Task 1 finished in one day.

The following are the steps to re-create when leveling manually:


 * 1) Follow steps Steps 1 through 5 above.
 * 2) From the Table menu, choose Define Tables.
 * 3) With the Task button and the Entry Table selected, choose the Edit button.
 * 4) Select the first blank entry in the Field Name column and choose the Delay option from the List menu. Choose the OK button, and select Set.
 * 5) In the Gantt Chart, select the Delay field for Task 2.
 * 6) Type in “1ed” (without the quotation marks).

Note that the Status bar is still showing (Level: Resource Name) a resource conflict. If you change the delay to “2ed” no resource conflicts are displayed.

To properly edit a tasks duration for leveling purposes, do the following:


 * 1) Change the duration of the task first.
 * 2) Update the Percent Complete to 100 percent.
 * 3) From the Options menu, choose Level Now.

The task’s duration will be updated properly, and the leveling will be modified appropriately.

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