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Project 2013 Newbie Questions
Hi all firstly would like to say what a great site you have here, a trove of information
I have just started learning project yesterday and I'm currently working my way through the step by step guide. I have however run into a slight problem which is, When I assign an addition resource to task (depending who I have assigned) the duration gets longer. The only changes I have made are working hours which are now 07:00 to 12:30 and 13:00 to 16:00 and I have also change 2 resources(these have 1 day a week set as a non working day but still have 100% ) Why does project add time instead of reducing time ? How do you guys set up time schedules ? do you start with estimating the time needed based on a single person and have all tasks set as "effort driven" ? any help would be great and thanks in advance. EDIT: I guess what I want to do in a round about way is, I have 3 apprentice one goes college Monday the other is Tuesday and the last is Wednesday if the task is set for 3 days, mon-wed and I need 1 with a engineer everyday(doesn't matter which one) how does Project handle this as atm it offers me to reschedule the task around them which I do not want to do. Hopefully this makes a little more sense. Last edited by Steve.; 05-13-2014 at 04:34 AM. |
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Project can only schedule work for resources during working time. If you have a 3 day duration task originally scheduled to start on Monday and assign a resource (R1) who doesn't have Monday as a working day, the task will be rescheduled for Tuesday. If you then assign another resource (R2) who works on Monday but has Tuesday off, the task start will revert to Monday and the duration will increase to 4 days.
R1 works 25.5 hours on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. R2 works 25.5 hours on Monday. Wednesday and Thursday. If you then assign a resource who doesn't work on Wednesdays, Project will calculate 34 hours of work (4 days duration * 100%) scheduled for Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday and increase the duration of the task to 5 days. So, the total amount of work on the task is now 85 hours. Did you mean it to be 25.5 hours? If so, the task needs to be effort driven and that will certainly change the duration. R1 (Not working on Monday) assigned will calculate the 25.5 hours of work scheduled for Tuesday through Thursday. (8.5 hours per day) Assign R2 (doesn't work on Tuesday) and the 25.5 hours of work will be split evenly - 125 hour each. The task start will start on Monday and end on Wednesday morning with the following work schedule: R1 working 8.5 hours on Tuesday and 4.25 hours on Wednesday R2 working 8.5 hours on Monday and 4.25 hours on Wednesday. Assign R3 (doesn't work on Wednesdays). The 25.5 hours of work is now divided between the three resources however, not evenly. The task ends Tuesday afternoon. R1 work 6.95 hours on Tuesday R2 works 6.95 hour on Monday R3 works 8.5 hours on Monday and 3.1 hours on Tuesday. The task duration is now 1.82 days. I hope this helps. |
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thanks again, really greatful for all your help I was given the software yesterday at 9am and have until tomorrow night to plan 4month project.
thanks again for your help. |
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You're welcome, Steve and thanks for the feedback.
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O a side note how do you assign a resource for a specific day ? for example
I have a 5 day task mon-fri and I need a a specific resource for Tuesday and not the other 4days ? hope that makes sense |
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The easiest way is to edit the work in the Task Usage or Resource Usage view. Make the initial assignment and then change the spread of work on the right side of either usage view.
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thanks, this helps so much
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Great, glad to have helped.
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