Policy

New tasks are effort driven

This policy setting specifies that new tasks are scheduled such that the work on the task remains constant as you add or remove assignments. If you enable this policy setting, new tasks will be effort-driven. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, new tasks will not be effort-driven.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Project 2016 / Project Options / Schedule / Scheduling options for 'Project1'
Policy ID 29625755a2da
Internal name L_PjNewTasksEffort

Registry

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HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\scheduling\new tasks effort driven (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\scheduling\new tasks effort driven (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting specifies that new tasks are scheduled such that the work on the task remains constant as you add or remove assignments. If you enable this policy setting, new tasks will be effort-driven. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, new tasks will not be effort-driven.

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