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Dig deeper into scheduling

 

Fixed-work task type example

An example of the basic scheduling behavior that you'll see when you change the Duration on a Fixed-work task:
Callout 1 Two painters are assigned full-time (100%) to paint the walls in 2 days (work equals 32 hours–16 hours per painter).
Callout 2 If you increase the duration of the task from 2 days to 4 days, Project sets each painter's assignment units to 50% so that each painter works only half-time and work remains constant at 32 hours.

Duration = Work ÷ Resource Units

Set the task to Fixed Work when you want the amount of work to remain constant, regardless of any change in duration or resource units.

Remember, in Project, work is measured in time units, such as hours, and it is the amount of effort that a resource needs to complete a task. The total work for a task is the sum of all those time units, no matter how many resources are assigned to the task.

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