Project 2013 Introduction

Lesson 4 – Working with Resources

Project 2013

Steps

Practice Data

4. Select Remove .

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The resource assignment is removed from the task, the resource name disappears from the Gantt chart for the selected task, and a smart tag appears if the task assignment is affected by removing the resource. 5. Close the Assign Resources Dialog Box The box closes and a smart tag appears next to the resource. 6. Click the smart tag if one appears next to the task. A list of options appears explaining the alternative actions, with the default action already selected.

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7. Select the desired option.

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Increase duration

The option is selected and the task assignment changes accordingly.

but keep the same amount of work

Notice that since there is now only one resource to complete the task, which originally had two resources assigned to it, the duration changes to an estimated 3 days .

A SSIGNING A M ATERIAL R ESOURCE TO A T ASK

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Discussion

You can assign material resources to tasks at the same time you assign work resources to tasks. However, since material resources do not perform work and do not typically impact the schedule, you can also wait and assign them when you begin to enter cost information.

When you assign a material resource to a task, you need to enter the amount of the resource required for the task in terms of the material label you assigned to it. For example, if you entered yards as the material label for the Concrete material resource, you would need to assign x yards of concrete to the desired task. If you do not enter an amount, Microsoft Project defaults to 1; therefore, in this example, 1 yard of concrete would be assigned to the task.

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