Need to understand resources

[Kevin Slane]

I've gotten some help from the wonderful folks at MSPE on this topic in the past, but I'm still not sure of my best course of action.

I want the PM to be able to assign a task to a resource that represents a department. Our first instinct was to make this resource generic, but we want the department manager to status the tasks assigned to that department. So, we made the resource a human resource with a default assignment owner.

The problem with the above scenario is, I can't figure out a way to indicate that the resource represents multiple people, therefore, I cannot schedule that resource to work on the same task at the same time. In Project I can adjust the max units to represent something above 100%, but I cannot figure out a way to do this in Project Server.

Is this a common situation?

Kevin


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[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Kevin --

Here's some more help from one of the wonderful folks at msPE: set the Max.
Units value for the "generic-like" human resource to greater than 100% in
the Enterprise Resource Pool. When you specify the Max. Units value,
multiply the number of real people represented by the resource times 100%.
For example, if a single "generic-like" resource represents a team of 5
people, set the Max. Units value to 500%.

Would this help? Let us know.




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[Kevin Slane]

Hi Dale! Actually, that's exactly what I'd like to do, but when I select that resource in the Resource Center and click "Edit Details" the Max Units field is nowhere in sight. Am I in the wrong location?



Dale Howard [MVP] wrote:

Kevin --Here is some more help from one of the wonderful folks at msPE: set
07-Jan-10

Kevin --

Here is some more help from one of the wonderful folks at msPE: set the Max.
Units value for the "generic-like" human resource to greater than 100% in
the Enterprise Resource Pool. When you specify the Max. Units value,
multiply the number of real people represented by the resource times 100%.
For example, if a single "generic-like" resource represents a team of 5
people, set the Max. Units value to 500%.

Would this help? Let us know.




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[Kevin Slane]

My esteemed collegue understood your recommendation and made the fix for me. I think I'll keep him around.



Dale Howard [MVP] wrote:

Kevin --Here is some more help from one of the wonderful folks at msPE: set
07-Jan-10

Kevin -

Here is some more help from one of the wonderful folks at msPE: set the Max
Units value for the "generic-like" human resource to greater than 100% i
the Enterprise Resource Pool. When you specify the Max. Units value
multiply the number of real people represented by the resource times 100%
For example, if a single "generic-like" resource represents a team of
people, set the Max. Units value to 500%

Would this help? Let us know

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Dale A. Howard [MVP
VP of Educational Service
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http://www.msprojectexperts.co
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[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Kevin (and Todd) --

Sometimes two heads are better than one! Congrats to both of you.




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