effort <value> <unit>

effort <value> <unit>
Description

Specifies the effort needed to complete the task. An effort of 4d can be done with 2 full-time resources in 2 days. The task will not finish before the resources have contributed the specified effort. So the duration of the task will depend on the availability of the resources.

WARNING: In almost all real world projects effort is not the product of time and resources. This is only true if the task can be partitioned without adding any overhead. For more information about this read "The Mythical Man-Month" by Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

Tasks may not have subtasks if this attribute is used.

AttributesNameTypeDescription
valueREAL 
unitUNIT 
Contexttask,
InheritableNoScenario Spec.Yes
See alsoduration, length