Project 2013 Intermediate

Project 2013

Lesson 2 – Adjusting Resources

NOTE Resource amounts appear as a percentage. For example, if three plumbers are available to work full-time on any tasks, the maximum unit for the Plumber resource would be 300% . You can display resource amounts as decimals rather than percentages using the Show assignment units as a list on the Schedule page of the Options dialog box.

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Discussion

You can view resource allocation and quickly identify overallocated resources in the Resource Usage view. This view displays each resource name and the list of tasks to which each resource is assigned, as well as the sum of the work assignments.

By default, the Resource Usage view uses a timescale similar to the Gantt Chart view, but it shows number values instead of bars. These numbers are the scheduled amount of work for each resource for the duration of the task(s) to which they are assigned. If a resource is overallocated, the resource name and numbers appear in red. You can add fields to display the actual work already completed by the resource ( Actual Work ) and the total work accumulated for the resource ( Cumulative Work ). You can also add fields to view the amount of work for which the resource is overallocated ( Overallocation ), the cost for all tasks assigned to the resource ( Cost ), and the amount of time remaining that the resource is available ( Remaining Availability ).

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