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  4. Gantt Charts do not reflect tasks "Estimated Time", and other e.t. issues

Gantt Charts do not reflect tasks "Estimated Time", and other e.t. issues

Added by David Szego over 7 years ago

Hi all, I’m just getting started w/OpenProject, but I’m a project manager by career, so I’m surprised I’m banging my head against this…

When I set an estimated time in a given task, I’m not able to set it in anything but hours. A bit annoying not to be able to set days, and let the Working Schedule calculate out the rest.

Bigger problem - if I only set hours, and leave start/end date empty, the timeline does not reflect how long I estimate the task to take.

It sets the dependancy arrows right, but they all start a.s.a.p. and go for one day. Even if I’ve entered 160 hours (really would have like to just enter 20 days)

I would have thought the most basic point of a gantt chart module would be to show you when your tasks would happen, based on how long you thought they’d take.

What am I missing? Do I actually have to set start/end dates for every task, and do all the planning and layout myself?

Thanks,
David.


Replies (3)

RE: Gantt Charts do not reflect tasks "Estimated Time", and other e.t. issues - Added by Barbara Vici over 7 years ago

We have the same problem, have you found a solution?
Thanks
Barbara

RE: Gantt Charts do not reflect tasks "Estimated Time", and other e.t. issues - Added by ELISA TURCI over 7 years ago

We have the same problem. Do you think to solve this problem in the 8.0 version?

RE: Gantt Charts do not reflect tasks "Estimated Time", and other e.t. issues - Added by Mochamad Aris Zamroni about 5 years ago

Many long Gantt chart is difficult to be read.
I created vertically flowing chart to solve large Gantt chart problem.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/vertical-gantt-chart-mochamad-aris-zamroni/

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