diff --git a/addons/project_long_term/project_long_term.py b/addons/project_long_term/project_long_term.py
index 2caf36766b0..0c31c485753 100644
--- a/addons/project_long_term/project_long_term.py
+++ b/addons/project_long_term/project_long_term.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class project_phase(osv.osv):
        model_data_id = model_data_obj._get_id(cr, uid, 'product', 'uom_hour')
        return model_data_obj.read(cr, uid, [model_data_id], ['res_id'])[0]['res_id']
     
-    def _compute(self, cr, uid, ids, context=None):
+    def _compute(self, cr, uid, ids,field_name, arg, context=None):
         res = {}
         if not ids:
             return res
@@ -100,9 +100,7 @@ class project_phase(osv.osv):
             tot = 0.0
             for task in phase.task_ids:
                 tot += task.planned_hours
-            res[phase.id] = {
-                'total_hours' : tot
-            }
+            res[phase.id] = tot
         return res
 
     _columns = {
diff --git a/addons/project_long_term/project_long_term_view.xml b/addons/project_long_term/project_long_term_view.xml
index 3412ba7ca08..fa645af4127 100644
--- a/addons/project_long_term/project_long_term_view.xml
+++ b/addons/project_long_term/project_long_term_view.xml
@@ -110,22 +110,23 @@
             <field name="type">form</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <form string="Project Phase">
-                    <group colspan="6" col="6">
-	                    <group colspan="2" col="2">
+                    <group colspan="8" col="7">
+	                    <group colspan="8">
 	                        <field name="name" select="1"/>
-	                        <field name="date_start"/>
+                            <field name="total_hours"/>
+	                        <field name="project_id" on_change="onchange_project(project_id)" colspan="2"/>
+                            <field name="responsible_id" colspan="2"/>
 	                    </group>
-	                    <group colspan="2" col="4">
-	                       <field name="project_id" on_change="onchange_project(project_id)" colspan="4"/>
-                           <newline/>
-	                       <field name="duration" colspan="1" on_change="onchange_days(project_id)" />
+						<newline/>
+	                    <group colspan="2">
+                             <field name="date_start"/>
+                             <field name="date_end"/>
+                        </group>
+                        <group colspan="2">
+	                       <field name="duration"  on_change="onchange_days(project_id)"/>	                       
                            <field name="product_uom" nolabel="1" domain="[('category_id.name', '=', 'Working Time')]"/>
-	                    </group>
-	                    <group colspan="2" col="2">
-	                       <field name="responsible_id"/>
-	                       <field name="date_end"/>
                     	</group>
-					</group>
+                    </group>
                     <notebook colspan="4">
                         <page string="Resource Allocation">
                             <field colspan="4" name="resource_ids" nolabel="1">