Project 2013 Introduction

Project 2013

Lesson 4 – Working with Resources

When you assign material resources to tasks, you can indicate whether the resource has a variable material consumption or a fixed material consumption. A variable material consumption is a time-based quantity of a material resource needed for a task, such as 25 yards of concrete per week. This value, therefore, will change as the task duration changes. A fixed material consumption is a fixed quantity of a material resource needed for the entire task, such as 20 gallons of paint to paint the entire house, regardless of duration. You assign material resources in the Assign Resources dialog box, just as you assign work resources. In the Units field, you enter the amount of the resource needed for the task. If you entered a material label for the task, you simply enter the amount of the resource needed. If you did not enter a material label, you should enter one before you assign a material resource to a task; otherwise, only a number will appear next to the task without an identifying unit. To indicate fixed material consumption, you simply enter the amount, such as 25 for 25 yards of concrete. To indicate variable consumption, you need to enter the time label along with the amount, such as 25/w to indicate 25 yards of concrete needed per week. You can enter a /d for day, /w for week, /mo for month, as well as /m for minute and /h for hour.

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Procedures

1. Switch to the Gantt Chart view.

2. Click the Assign Resources button on Resource tab. 3. Select the task in the task list to which you want to assign a material resource. 4. In the Assign Resources dialog box, select the corresponding field in the Units column for the material resource you want to assign to the selected task. 5. Enter the desired value in the Units field and if applicable, include the time label. 6. Select Assign . 7. Select Close to close the Assign Resources dialog box.

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Step-by-Step

Assign material resources to a task.

If necessary, switch to the Gantt Chart view.

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