Review Questions

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Answer the following questions (you may use MS Project Help): 1) What are the three base calendars included in MS Project and what are the default values of each?

The three base calendars are Standard, Night Shift, and 24 Hours. Standard default values is all week days from 8 AM to 12 PM then 1 PM to 5 PM. Night Shift is All week days from 12 AM to 3 AM, 4 AM to 8 AM, and 11 PM to 12 AM. Plus Saturday from 12 AM to 3 AM, and 4 AM to 8 PM. 24 Hours is every day from 12 AM to 12 AM.

2) What is the difference between a base calendar and a resource calendar?

A base calendar defines the usual working and nonworking times and days, and exceptions, such as holidays, for the project or for a group of resources. You can select any base calendar as the project calendar or as the basis for a resource calendar. You can also apply a base calendar to tasks as a task calendar.

Resource calendars ensure that resources are scheduled only when they're available for work. They affect a specific resource or category of resources.

3) Why schedule one project meeting after completion of the last task, Test System?

This would be a final meeting to discuss the success or failure of the system test. If the test was successful, then all team members can be released from the project and given expectations as to where they will be next. If the test was a failure, the team meeting will allow discussion on how to proceed to address the issues that caused the failure.

4) Give an example of when you would assign a 24-hour calendar to a resource.

You would assign a 24-hour calendar to a contractor or an outside source, they work on their own time within the required days.
The 24 hour base calendar can be used to schedule resources and tasks for different shifts around the clock, or to schedule equipment resources