Project 2016 Intermediate

Lesson – Assigning Costs

Project 2016

Steps

Practice Data

1. Select the View tab.

The View ribbon appears.

Click

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2. Click the Tables button

The Table ribbon appears.

Click

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3. Select the Cost table.

Click Cost table.

The Cost table is applied to the view and cost information appears.

Drag the vertical split bar as far to the right as possible and then scroll to view the cost information.

A SSIGNING A F IXED C OST TO A T ASK

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Discussion

When you assign a fixed cost to a task, it means you know the total cost of the task and resource costs do not affect the task. The task does not need a resource 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 in projects as a fixed cost.

If you have fixed costs in addition to resource costs, enter the costs in the Fixed Cost field. Then, the fixed cost and resource cost are 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.

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