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Duration decreases when asign more than one work resource
I have a problem with project, when asign more than one work resource to a fixed units task, the duration is decreased by project. It did not happen before. It reduce duration! it ...
Thanks Ingnacio and Jhon, yes you have described very clear the behavior of ech type of task, fixed work, fixed units and fixed Duration. The case is, if I have a fixed units task with ten days duration, and assign one work resource (100%), then the ten day does not change and Project assign 8 work hours a day for each of the ten days, thats ok. But when I assign two work resources (200%) it should assign both resources for the ten days and program 16 work hours each of the ten days, instead of that, it reduces duration to five days and assign 16 work hours each day but just for five days. This is not the way Project use to handle Fixed units task.
Any suggesstion?
Any suggesstion?
How exctly are you assigning the resources?
Here is a fixed units task (not effort driven). One resource is assigned at 100%:
Now I assign a second resource. The total work is doubled but the duration remains at 10 days with each resource working a normal 8 hr day.
If the task is switched to effort driven before the second resource is assigned, when the second resource is assigned, the added effort reduces the duration to 5 days. Both resources are still at 8 hrs per day.
John (not Jhon)
