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Setting Up 24 hr around the clock Shifts Microsoft Project 2010

Anonymous
2018-10-27T12:32:50+00:00

I schedule maintenance shutdowns. I am trying to set up 2 shifts of 12 hours each. From 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM, and 6:30 PM to 6:30 AM, seven days a week. Breaks need not be shown on the gantt flow chart as they are staggered and someone is always on shift working. Additionally a task will span several shifts and share the same resources so this needs to all be in one project. I am having difficulty building a calendar to match these needs. Several similar threads have been started but I have found none that managed to address this issue.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-10-27T22:56:50+00:00

    This is easy. I have set this up many times on real projects like yours, and also answered the same question in threads in this community and others.

    I am just saying that a good search here or at https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=projectprofessional2010general

     will find them.

    Make a task. Assuming that the task can be done anytime, give it the 24 hours calendar. Give it a duration of say 5 x 24 = 120 hours. Use hours units instead of days to remove the inherent ambiguity in days as duration units. Use file, options, general to set the date/time format to show time as well as date.

    Make a resource called "Day Shift Guy" and another "Night Shift Guy". Make two calendars called "Day Shift Calendar" and another called "Night Shift Calendar".

    Use work weeks to set up the applicable working hours for each of these calendars and assign each calendar to the applicable resource.

    Assign both resources to the task.

    Now check the task usage view and adjust the timescale resolution to see hours. Yours will have to be set to 30 minute resolution. You will see that each resource is only assigned during their respective shifts.

    Any help?

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-10-27T14:26:33+00:00

    FrankS99,

    You haven't indicated what your roadblock is.  What part of the attached image would you have trouble with?  (I double-blocked the typical problem area - you need to specify shifts within a midnight-to-midnight interval, so night shifts have two segments.)

    Good luck, tom

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