In Project, the default time unit for work is hours, but you can change it to be minutes, days, weeks, or months: Choose File Options. In the Project Options dialog box, choose Schedule. In the Work is entered in list, choose the time unit that you want. You can change the default work week for a resource in the Change Working Time dialog box.
It may help to understand that 'Fixed Work/Units/Duration' are there for you to tell MS Project how to adjust values when you change something in your schedule. Use them/change them as needed to have the tool adjust based on your inputs. I know this doesn't explain them, but I think you may be assuming a great deal of how the tool should work vs how it does.
Create a simple (3 task) schedule and get comfortable with these setting and the changes you make. This is (imho) critical to learning MS Project.–May 17 '16 at 1:59. Firstly you should understand the difference between 'effort' & 'duration'. You can read this article -Let's talk about 3 different terms. Work - In MS Project, 'effort' & 'work' are synonymous. It is thea/m of labor units to complete a task. Duration - It is the length of time to complete a task.
Units - In MSP, 'units' is (sort of) equivalent to 'no. Of resources'Following formula provides a rough relation between these three terms:Work = Units. DurationAs per the wording of your Q, it looks like 184 hours is 'effort' and one month is 'duration'. In your case 'units' is 5-6 resources.MSP provides 3 different options for task scheduling -. Fixed Work - The work (184 hours) would not change if you change one of the other 2 parameters.
Fixed Units - The units (5 resources) would not change if you change one of the other 2 parameters. Fixed Duration - The duration (1 month) would not change if you change one of the other 2 parametersTo understand which option you are using, you should use the 'task details' dialog. You can also use 'work' and 'duration' column in 'gantt chart view' of MSP to see the relationship.Hope it helps.