Did you know that you can create your own Base Calendar within Microsoft Project?
This new Base Calendar can then be applied directly to an individual task to control the scheduling of this one task within the project plan. For example, a 24/7 Calendar could be created which defines a 7 working day week, 24 hours per day and these calendar definitions can then be directly applied to a process task such as ‘Paint Drying’ or ‘Concrete Curing’.
To create a new Base Calendar
All projects contain at least one calendar. The base calendar is known as the ‘Standard’ (project) calendar. In addition, each resource and task can have its own calendar, based upon the standard calendar by default.
If you are using Microsoft Project 2003/2007, to access the standard calendar:
(View instructions for Microsoft Project 2010)
1. From the Tools menu, select Change Working Time.
2. Displaying the Change Working Time dialog.
3. Click on Create New Calendar button:
4. Select the following within the dialog box:
Once the calendar definitions have been defined as appropriate, this calendar and its associated definitions can then be applied to an individual task within the project plan.
To achieve this:
1. Double Click on the Task Name for the individual task you wish to apply the calendar definitions to.
2. Select the Advanced tab within the Task Information dialog box as below.
3. Select OK to confirm.
If you are using Microsoft Project 2010 to access the standard calendar:
1. On the Project tab, in the Properties group, click Change Working Time.
2. Displaying the Change Working Time dialog:
3. Select the following within the dialog box:
Once the calendar definitions have been defined as appropriate, this calendar and its associated definitions can then be applied to an individual task within the project plan.
To achieve this:
1. Double Click on the Task Name for the individual task you wish to apply the calendar definitions to.
2. Select the Advanced tab within the Task Information dialog box as below:
3. Select OK to confirm.
Newsletter Alerts
Hope you found this tip helpful.If you want to be alerted when new tips come out or keep up to date with our Project Learning news, sign up to our newsletter - or choose one of the methods in the right hand column.
Remember to bookmark our blog!
More Hints & Tips coming soon...
Comments