Chapter 2, Working with Project Calendars

Mastering project calendars

This exercise is designed to help you practice and reinforce the lessons learned in this chapter about working with calendars in Microsoft Project. You will create, customize, and apply different types of calendars to a project, ensuring accurate scheduling and resource allocation. By completing this exercise, you will gain hands-on experience in managing project timelines, accommodating various work patterns, and ensuring timely project completion:

1. Create a standard calendar:
   1. Create a new project and set up a standard calendar with a traditional workweek (Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, with a one-hour lunch break)
   2. Ensure that weekends are set as non-working days.
2. Customize a night shift Calendar:
   1. Create a night shift calendar for projects operating during nighttime hours (11:00 pm on Monday to 8:00 am on Saturday, with a one-hour lunch break).
   2. Apply this calendar to a specific task in your project...