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MSProjectNoob
Dec 17, 2020Copper Contributor
Why does each task take up an entire day, even if it's work-driven with an amount of work set at 1h?
I'm new to this. My tasks are auto-scheduled, and the ones in questions are work-driven, each with an amount of work set at one hour. I have my scheduling set to enter duration in hours, but they are...
Miles_Goodchild
Jan 04, 2021Brass Contributor
Have you assigned resources to the task? If you assign a single resource at 100% and the work is set to 1h then the duration will shrink from the standard 1d? to 1h. If this doesn't happen check that the work hasn't expanded to 1d and if it has reset to your desired effort. This is logical behaviour as with no resource assigned there can be no work (at least in project's view of the world)