At this point all three subprojects have 8 hrs (1 working day) as the Estimated effort. This is the default value assigned to new projects. The minumum non-zero effort for a task is fifteen minutes. For our specific projects, the default value is correct except for Decide the location , which takes 2 days.
Now we will change the estimated effort for Decide the location . To do this, double-click on the Estimated Effort column in the row corresponding to Decide the location . The field becomes editable. Using the keyboard, the selected field can be edited by either typing-in the effort hours or using the F2 key to start editing.
Enter 16 (for 2 working days). Hit RETURN. This saves the new value, causing the subproject to get rescheduled and you can see that the bar in the Gantt chart corresponding to Decide the location becomes longer.
As in the previous two sections, editing a project attribute is typically done by double-clicking or using the F2 key in the corresponding column.
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