Include effort-driven schedule modes
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| Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|
| Users, automatically | - | 
Aug 31, 2024 |
Business value
This feature gives customers two new schedule modes to choose from: Fixed duration/Effort driven, and Fixed units/Effort driven. These two schedule modes force effort to remain constant when extra resources are assigned (or removed) from a task in addition to keeping duration or units (depending on which mode is chosen) constant.
Feature details
Project for the web has three schedule modes: Fixed effort, Fixed duration, and Fixed units. All three will ensure that the specified field (effort, duration, or units) will remain constant when changes that cause a recalculation happen. This feature includes two new schedule modes: Fixed duration/Effort driven and Fixed units/Effort driven. In these new schedule modes, when an extra resource is added or removed from a task, effort will remain constant in addition to duration or units depending on which mode is chosen.
See also
Project effort tracking (docs)