Separate task duration and estimated time whilst maintaining auto-scheduling on Structures.Gantt

Joe Milner-Smith

Hello, 

 

I am looking to be able to have a fixed duration for a task (10 days) and an estimated time of 10hrs (1hr per day) but I would like to be able to keep the auto-scheduling by dependencies active. 

Currently the only way to do this are to manually add a fixed duration to each task which adds extra admin when we have a start and finish date already there. 

If I have set the start and finish date but have auto enabled then the task is scheduled based on the estimate and not the start and finish date. If the task is then manually dragged in the Gantt to extend it to 10 days it automatically increased the estimated time. 

Is there a way to have the duration fixed by start and finish date whilst maintaining the auto schedule feature and also be able to manually drag the task to a different fixed duration?

Thanks,

Joe

Stepan Kholodov

Hello @Joe Milner-Smith 

You can define Fixed Duration without setting Start & Finish dates in a task: the value can either be taken directly from a dedicated Jira field that you define in the chart's configuration or you can set the Fix.duration value in a task individually when clicking on its bar on the chart. The task can still be scheduled automatically, have a defined work estimate(10h) and end after 10d.

As for being able to move a task on a chart - the acton itself contradicts the logic of the automatic scheduling when dates are flexible and they are calculated using other base parameters. Moving a task to a certain date is scheduling it manually i.e. specifically defining where the work on that task should happen. So moving a task on a chart is only possible when manual scheduling is enabled.

With automatic scheduling, it is still possible to affect where the task is positioned on the timeline, you just can't do it directly. A task can be rescheduled as a result of some other change, for example - if a Finish-to-start dependency is created from a different task, which will reschedule the dependent task to start right after the originator task finishes. Changing an estimate/fix.duration parameter can also have a similar effect if two tasks have a relevant dependency.

I hope this helps. If you have more questions, please reach out to us directly through our support portal.

Best regards,
Stepan Kholodov
Tempo