Overburden rate

[Edouble]

How do I enter a overburden rate into Project?

 

[John]

How do I enter a overburden rate into Project?

Edouble,
This will probably sound like a silly question, but what is an
"overburden rate"?

John
Project MVP

 

[Edouble]

John,

This term (overburden) was used in my homework assignment without any
explanation. I think that it means: other cost (office supplies, building
expenses, etc.) associated with and added to the salary rate of the worker. I
think that I have figured it out.

Thanks for replying

 

[John]

John,

This term (overburden) was used in my homework assignment without any
explanation. I think that it means: other cost (office supplies, building
expenses, etc.) associated with and added to the salary rate of the worker. I
think that I have figured it out.

Thanks for replying

Edouble,
You're welcome. Now "burden rate" is something I recognize (never heard
it called overburden). Burden rate is pretty much what you described -
cost associated with doing business over and above an employee's salary
or hourly rate (i.e. fringe benefits, utilities, etc.). You indicated
that you figured it out so I assume you mean you figured out how to
apply burden to your rate structure. If not, post again..

John
Project MVP

 

[Steve House [Project MVP]]

The burdened cost of a resource is the wage or salary of the resource plus
the burden costs as John described. Project doesn't have built-in tool to
split out the burden as a separare item though you could do it easily with a
custom cost field if you wished. Instead, the resource's Standard Rate
field typically would be used for the pro-rata burdened cost instead of just
his salary.

 

[davegb]

John,

This term (overburden) was used in my homework assignment without any
explanation. I think that it means: other cost (office supplies, building
expenses, etc.) associated with and added to the salary rate of the worker. I
think that I have figured it out.

Thanks for replying

Never heard it referred to as "Overburden", just "Burden". The only use
of the term overburden I can recall is in strip mining, where the top
level of rock and dirt contains no valuable materials, and is simply
removed to get to the "ore", the rock with values in it.