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Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:22 Delegate Kellie said...

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When allocating resources in Task Form, what is the Task Type 'Fixed Unit' used for?

Sun 20 Feb 2011, 17:46 Trainer Anthony said...

RE: Task Type

Hi Kellie, thanks for your query. Actually, some people rarely use Fixed Units as a task type, and you can change the default that comes up in project to the more useful Fixed Duration (for, say, meetings) or Fixed Work (where you want the task durations to shrink when resourced). However, here's a link to a good walkthrough and examples of Fixed Units as a task type:

http://www.epmcentral.com/msproject/fixedunits.php

Hope this helps,

Anthony

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Keep constraining dates to a minimum

As far as possible avoid fixing the dates of your tasks. For example try to steer of clear dragging task bars in the Gantt chart to move them on the timeline or entering dates directly into the Start / Finish fields.

Date constraints such as these limit Microsoft Project's ability to automatically adjust your project whenever you add, remove or modify the duration of your tasks. Instead use the logic in your task dependencies that link your tasks to enable Project to calculate the start and finish dates for you.

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