Generic Resources - Availability

[John M.]

We are in the midst of planning the portfolio of projects for next year - 20
projects @ 1,200 workdays per project. Most of the projects planned are
repetitive and based on templates. The templates have generic resources
assigned, each with a defined role/skill (enterprise resource outline code).
All named resources also have a defined role/skill.

We're looking for the most effective way of analyzing the resource
availability (supply) vs. demand by role. The demand should be comprised of
work assignments to both named and generic resources. The availability
should only be represented by named resources.

Without much original thought, which may be the problem, the generic
resources are all defaulted at 100% availability. When we use the portfolio
analyzer to review the work vs availability, the availability of the generic
resources is included.

Is it common practice to set the availability/max units of generic resources
= 0? Will this cause other issues somewhere else? Is there a better means
to our desired end?

Any assistance is appreciated.

 

[Gary L. Chefetz \(MVP\)]

John:

A lot depends on how you're using the system and how you've approached
defining generic resources, but would setting the percentage of availability
for a generic resource to the aggregate total of all human resources it
represents make sense to you?

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Gary L. Chefetz, MVP
"We wrote the book on Project Server
http://www.msprojectexperts.com

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