Budget Work at non-project summary level?

[KingKikapu]

EDIT I MEAN BUDGET *COST*

Hello. I was wondering if it is possible to assign budget resources
(Cost type) to non-project summary lines. Are there any downsides to
this? The reason I want to do this is that I have two groups of tasks:
untrackable or too difficult to track in any meaningful sense (think
excavating in and around construction projects we are tracking), and
trackable effort driven work tasks (namely our trackable construction
tasks for our buildings). Both are in the same project file; the
building construction tasks are all summarised at a specific outline
level, and the excavation division in another (albeit they are just
using the task lines as budget lines). Can I add my budget resources to
my building construction summary task instead of the project summary
line (thereby avoiding mixing my budget with the excavation division's
budget)?


What do you think?
Thx

 

[Rod Gill]

Way too complicated! I've scheduled many construction projects with no
complication!
For an office building I have summary tasks for below ground, 1st floor, 2nd
floor etc.

If I have a project that has to have theses Tasks mixed up I assign a custom
field so all Tasks associated with excavation are flagged as such (unless
there is a specific resource that is only doing excavation.

Group or other reports then produce what I want.

The use of the word Budget can be ambiguous in Project as there is a budget
field. However the implementation of it is so complex that I never use it.
Instead I reserve a baseline for original budget, another for agreed
contractual values and others for revised baselines as the contract evolves.

Project is a communication tool for project information, so anything as
complex as the budget tool by its very nature (complex) will cause
communication confusion and mistakes!

--

Rod Gill
Microsoft MVP for Project

Author of the only book on Project VBA, see:
http://www.projectvbabook.com

EDIT I MEAN BUDGET *COST*

Hello. I was wondering if it is possible to assign budget resources
(Cost type) to non-project summary lines. Are there any downsides to
this? The reason I want to do this is that I have two groups of tasks:
untrackable or too difficult to track in any meaningful sense (think
excavating in and around construction projects we are tracking), and
trackable effort driven work tasks (namely our trackable construction
tasks for our buildings). Both are in the same project file; the
building construction tasks are all summarised at a specific outline
level, and the excavation division in another (albeit they are just
using the task lines as budget lines). Can I add my budget resources to
my building construction summary task instead of the project summary
line (thereby avoiding mixing my budget with the excavation division's
budget)?


What do you think?
Thx


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