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Old 11-17-2015, 12:55 PM
DJM DJM is offline Variable Task Length aka "Time Zones" Windows XP Variable Task Length aka "Time Zones" Office 2007
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Hello all,

I'm a production engineer in the oil and gas business. Part of my position is well planning and to a degree scheduling. Our business unit is now starting to utilize MS Project so we're all a bit new.

for us, drilling a well offshore in the winter will take 15% longer than in the summer. As we stack up multiple wells and move further into the future, is there a way to set this up in project so that when the well schedule changes and pushes wells into the +15% "time zone" the task length will automatically increase?
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Old 11-17-2015, 02:54 PM
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I suspect the answer is no, but I (blessedly) rarely use Project anymore.

I know you can vary the length of a workday in Project, but don't know that you can vary it week by week to achieve shorter weeks in winter, which would have the equivalent effect.

As a complete hack, you could scatter holidays in winter months.
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Guloluseus Guloluseus is offline Variable Task Length aka "Time Zones" Windows 7 64bit Variable Task Length aka "Time Zones" Office 2010 32bit
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Yes, you can.
If you dont understand any sections please let me know and I will explain - I don't know your knowledge base so it may need a bit more yet

I will assume that you have a standard summer time duration for a well- lets say it is100 days, soin winter it will take 115 days. Project by default uses an 8 hr day, and this forms the base calendar. If you know the winter months where the extra 15% applies, you can create a calendar (you could modify the "standard" one, but that can complicate things). The calendar will determine the working hours, and if you have less hours, then the time goes up.
Create a new calendar, call it "wells" or whatever your preference is, then change working times. Select the winter month period, and change the last time from 17:00 to 15:48. This reduces the day by 1hr 12 mins, which is 15%. Assign the new calendar to each well task, and it will automatically extend duration by 15%- it has less hours for the same work, so the duration must extend.

Again if that flew over the head, I can give more detail if you let me know where you need it- otherwise, good luck
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