Project 2013 Intermediate

Project 2013

Lesson 3 - Assigning Costs

assignment because the resource costs have no bearing on the cost of the task. However, for scheduling purposes, you may still want to assign resources to the task and then leave the cost fields for the resources at $0.00. Overhead charges are often entered into projects as a fixed cost.

If you have fixed costs in addition to resource costs, you can enter these costs in the Fixed Cost field. Then, the fixed cost and resource cost will be calculated for the total cost of the task.

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Procedures

1. Switch to the Gantt Chart view.

2. Select the View ribbon.

3. Click

4. Select the Cost table.

5. Select the Fixed Cost field for the task to which you want to assign a fixed cost.

6. Enter the fixed cost amount.

7. Press [Enter] .

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Step-by-Step

Assign a fixed cost to a task.

If necessary, switch to the Gantt Chart view and apply the Cost table.

Steps

Practice Data

1. Select the Fixed Cost field for the task to which you want to assign a fixed cost. The Fixed Cost field for the desired task is selected.

Scroll as necessary and click the Fixed Cost field for the 27 Security System task.

2. Enter the fixed cost amount.

Type 2000.

The value appears in the Fixed Cost field for the selected task.

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