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I need to add 2 extra people to a certain task that currently has 4 resources assigned. As soon as I add one, project automatically extends the duration of the task without reason. I've tried everything I've read so far: Disabling calculations, changing task type, disabling effort driving task (both in options and in the task) and nothing works, project keeps extending the duration of this task.

I even tried changing to the original task duration manually after adding the new resources, but project doesn't reverts the task date to the old one.

Please, I really need help with this. I've had a lot of headaches working with this software but this one has me totally beaten.

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  • I did not use that program for a long time, but I remember there was an option to choose from "fixed effort", "fixed duration" or "fixed something else". I guess you should choose the "fixed duration" property of the task, before adding the resources.
    – virolino
    Commented Nov 14, 2022 at 13:58
  • "I've had a lot of headaches working with this software" - welcome to the club :). And welcome to ProjectManagement.SE
    – virolino
    Commented Nov 14, 2022 at 14:00

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The most common fix for the issue described is to set the Task Type to Fixed Duration prior to adding the new resources.

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If this doesn't work for you, it's likely at least one of the resources you are trying to add has a calendar conflict with the task. Usually, you want the Calendar being used by the resources to be the same as the calendar being used by the project/task.

You can check what calendar is being used by the resource by looking at the Base Calendar field in the resource sheet. Example:

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