Effort driven scheduling

[kippers]

Hi,

I have a basic project plan for a project that I am working on- the only
resource allocated is myself. I have added timescales indicative of 'effort'
rather than 'elapsed' time. I now want to add myself as a resource, but show
70% utilisation to reflect my time dedicated (as effort) to the project.

However, when I add myself as a resource on the top line of the project, the
end date of the project remains the same- I expected it to be slightly later,
reflecting my 70% productivity rate....any ideas??

 

[Steve House]

Continuing a bit from Trevor's post, when you enter a new task, part of the
entry is its estimated duration. Later, when you add your first resource
assignment, whatever effort level you use - 50%, 100% or whatever - Project
assumes you knew that was what you were going to assign when you originally
came up with that duration estimate so it doesn't recalculate. It sounds
like you're initially estimating the duration to be what it ought to take if
you could devote your full time to it. To see the task grow like you
expect, you need to assign the resource first at 100% and then edit it to
reduce it to whatever level is appropriate. For instance, if you start with
the task at a duration of 5 days and assign a resource at 100%, it will stay
5 days. If instead you assign the resource at 50% it will STILL show 5
days. But if you initially assign it 100% and then REDUCE it to 50%, the
duration will change to 10 days.

 

[JulieS]

Hello kippers,

However, when I add myself as a resource on the top line of the project, the
end date of the project remains the same...

Just to clarify. You should *not* be assigning yourself to the "top
line" of the project as that is the Project Summary task. If you have
created an outline with summary tasks and tasks indented underneath, you
should be assigning your resources to the indented tasks, not the bold
summary tasks.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

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