Work and Duration in MS Project 2 Task Types

An explanation of how to set task types in Microsoft project, and the consequences of getting this wrong.

[@Shaambler]

Thanks for your very clear description, and differentiation between work and duration, as well as this issue... it had me nearly tearing my hair out!

[@ablesim6609]

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[@ajaymathur2310]

Thanks for posting this video. Was very helpful.

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[@Grslavic]

thank you for the clear explanation with a simple example!

[@dirksam5551]

Excellent ...cant thank you enough :)

[@גליתברגר-ה8ב]

saved my life :-) Thank you!

[@erinleinhauser6149]

Why is my "units" a percentage? if I try to change it to 2, it goes to 2% and says the project will take a long time to complete

[@andrewbell-projectmanageme1434]

Go to File options schedule and set "Show assignment units as decimal". That should sort you out!

[@bakarrrabie-mv1mw]

Thanks for the video, how did u change the units from a percentage figure to just a single unit. I.e in the unit columns instead of typing 100% as a single resource for a person, u are just putting 1 person is going to do d job as a resource. Please explain to me, because the default in ms project is in percentage, so how did u change that?

[@andrewbell-projectmanageme1434]

File- options-schedule, resources units displayed as decimal or percentage!

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