Novice- How to determine resource requirements?

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Jim L

Using MS Project Pro 2002.

I need to come up with manpower estimates for a project. I have the
following information available to me:
1. A list of tasks and their durations based on man hours
2. A completion date which is 5 months away.

My client wants me to tell him how many people he needs to hire to
complete the tasks by the completion date.

Can MS Project do this for me? If so, I would appreciate a step-by
step approach on how to do this. Links to resources that discuss this
are also appreciated.

Thanks,
Jim
 
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Mark

Using MS Project Pro 2002.

I need to come up with manpower estimates for a project. I have the
following information available to me:
1. A list of tasks and their durations based on man hours
2. A completion date which is 5 months away.

My client wants me to tell him how many people he needs to hire to
complete the tasks by the completion date.

Can MS Project do this for me? If so, I would appreciate a step-by
step approach on how to do this. Links to resources that discuss this
are also appreciated.

Thanks,
Jim
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Jim -

In order to accomplish this, you must assign resources to the tasks
you have defined.

1. In Project, go to View -> Resource Sheet
2. List resources by type in the sheet. For example, you might have a
project manager, a developer, a business analyst, etc.
3. Assign the resources to the tasks
4. Go back to the resource sheet or resource usage view and see if any
resource names are shown in bold/red. That indicates that the
resource is overallocated.
You need to resolve the overallocation and you can do that by leveling
the project (which will make it longer most likely), by examining the
task relationships, or by adding resources.
5. When you have solved the allocation issue, look at the distribution
of work, to make sure people don't have too many peaks and valleys of
activities.

This will require fine tuning, but will get you in the ballpark pretty
quickly.

Mark
 
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vbsql2k

Thanks Mark!

[email protected] (Jim L) wrote in message

Jim -

In order to accomplish this, you must assign resources to the tasks
you have defined.

1. In Project, go to View -> Resource Sheet
2. List resources by type in the sheet. For example, you might have a
project manager, a developer, a business analyst, etc.
3. Assign the resources to the tasks
4. Go back to the resource sheet or resource usage view and see if any
resource names are shown in bold/red. That indicates that the
resource is overallocated.
You need to resolve the overallocation and you can do that by leveling
the project (which will make it longer most likely), by examining the
task relationships, or by adding resources.
5. When you have solved the allocation issue, look at the distribution
of work, to make sure people don't have too many peaks and valleys of
activities.

This will require fine tuning, but will get you in the ballpark pretty
quickly.

Mark
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