![]() If I change Duration from 3 days to 5 days you will get: So, my dear Blog Reader If you want to make work as a constant choose Fixed work for the Task, or Tasks Duration * Units 50% (4 hours per day) = 24 hours Fixed work –> Duration = 24/4 = 6 days! I will change, for instance, units from 100% to 50%Īnd you can see, that Duration is changed, according to the formula: DURATION * UNITS = WORK, e.g. You can see there is work = 24 hours, and Units = 100% So, of course, if I have a fixed duration, and when I change Units, the work will be changed! If you want to have fixed hours (work), than you should mark your Task as Fixed work. The Relation between Units, Duration and Task is: DURATION * UNITS = WORK What does Effort Driven mean ? It means MORE HAND LESS WORK! I do appreciate if you clarify the issue.” Now when I change units, I will have changes in Work value(as it is fixed Duration) which has contradiction with the Effort Driven definition which says “Constant Work value” Now the question is: when I create a task which is Effort Driven, I also select the task type as fixed Duration. which means(my idea) to keep Work value fixed, when Duration(Unit) changes, Unit(Duration) will change automatically. Here it isĪccording to Effort Driven definition, to have a “constant Work value”, there would be compensation between Duration and Unit when one of them changes. ProjectLibre is considered one of the best open source project management tools.I got a message from one of my Blog readers. It was created by the founders of OpenProj and continually gains popularity. In the following article, we will show you how to create your first project in ProjectLibre. This tutorial will give you a sense of ProjectLibre’s basic functions. Part 3: Assigning Resources, Calculating Costs.ProjectLibre Tutorial Part 1: Creating your first project.Our objective is to explain how you can use this program with ease it is not an explanation of project management methodology for projects. ProjectLibre could be the first project management tool that you use, and therefore, it’s worth mentioning that nearly all data is entered in tables as rows, like Excel. And after all of it’s entered, diagrams, Gantt Charts and a WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) generate automatically. Downloading, Installing and Running ProjectLibre No need to draw the diagrams yourself, all you have to do is clearly define your project, and enter your project-data correctly. If you have a Windows Operating System, you can download ProjectLibre at SourceForce. This website also has the latest version for Mac or Linux. You will need to enter the following information about your project: Once you have downloaded and installed ProjectLibre, you should see a window like this one below.Īfter clicking on ‘Create Project’ you must enter some basic project details as seen in the screen below. Notes: I can do this with not problems using ProjectLibre!įorward Scheduled: If ‘ Forward Scheduled‘ is checked, then the project’s end date changes according to the task finish dates you enter. If ‘Forward Scheduled’ is unchecked, then you indicate the project’s finish date/deadline. This means that the project has a mandatory, non-negotiable, end date. And for good reason, you may be managing a project involving a scheduled event at a hotel. As seen in the table above, type in the appropriate field, the task’s ‘ Name‘, ‘ Duration‘ and ‘ Start‘ – the finish date is then calculated automatically.Īdding Your First TaskĪfter you enter your project details you are ready to create your first task. Take a moment to change the ‘Duration’ from 1 day to 20 days and notice how the chart on the right changes. On the right of this window, is where you will see the project’s Gantt diagram -we will come back to this. Referring to the image below, you may want to see how many hours it takes to complete a task.
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