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(184610) - In Microsoft Project 98, when you change the duration of a task that has one or more resources assigned to it, the work contour of a resource assigned to the task might not be correct. This behavior occurs when you change the duration of a task...

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Article ID: 184610 - Last Review: January 22, 2007 - Revision: 1.1

PRJ98: Incorrect Resource Work Contour on Fixed Work Task

This article was previously published under Q184610

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project 98, when you change the duration of a task that has one or more resources assigned to it, the work contour of a resource assigned to the task might not be correct.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when you change the duration of a task that has a Task Type of Fixed Work and has resources assigned with a Work Contour other than Flat, such as a Bell or a Custom contour.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, manually correct the contour to reflect the appropriate values of work.

To change work values for a specific time period during which the resource works on the task, follow these steps:

  1. On the View Bar, click Task Usage.

    NOTE: Resources are grouped under the tasks to which they are assigned.
  2. On the timescale portion of the view, if needed, change the individual work values for the resource(s) assigned to the task.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Project listed above.

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Project 98 for Windows, Service Release 1 (SR-1).

For additional information about obtaining and installing SR-1, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
185102  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=185102/EN-US/ ) PRJ98: How to Obtain and Install MS Project 98 SR-1

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
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