Duration units

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Stu1
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Duration units

Post by Stu1 » Tue Oct 04, 2016 8:50 pm

Can different task have different duration units?

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Re: Duration units

Post by Intaver Support » Tue Oct 04, 2016 9:53 pm

The quick answer is no as the duration unit for activities is a global project setting (set for entire project). This is common to most (if not all) scheduling software.

The duration unit (hours, days, weeks etc.) are set in the Schedule tab> Settings and Options > Project Options > Duration.


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Re: Duration units

Post by Fer23 » Fri Nov 04, 2016 2:09 pm

In Microsoft Project you can define duration units for different tasks individually. I think it is not a good practice. I always use the same settings for all tasks. Therefore RiskyProject's way to handle duration units is quite sufficient for us.
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