overtime work

[Ionut]

I have 2 activities, one lasts 3 days, the other 4 days. They overlap for two
days (days 2 and 3 of the first activity and 1 and 2 of the second). I have
one resource, with 120% availability. This resource will be allocated 100% to
the first activity, and 10% to the second. For the 2 overlaping days, I want
that the resource be paid for the 10% alocated to the second activity as
overtime. When I define the overtime work, even though initially the work
spent by the resource over the 4 days of the second activity was evenly
distributed, it ends on one single day (as overtime). Is it possible to
spread it evenly over the 4 days of the second activity?
many thanks
Ionut Lambrescu

 

[Steve House]

How can a resource be allocated 120%, at least if it's a single individual
person? That means that somehow over the course of, say, 8 working hours he
can magically accomplish what regular people would take almost 10 hours to
accomplish. This is generally not an accurate depiction of reality.

 

[Ionut]

Dear Steve,
Thank you for your answer regarding my 120% allocation.
What I had in mind was that the person will work 10 hours a day, let us say
8 hours for a task, from 8 to 16 and another 2 hours, from 16 to 18 for the
second task. This is the situation I want to model.
Thank you in advance for your help,
Kind regards
Professor Ionut Lambrescu
Blvd Bucuresti nr. 39
Ploiesti 100680
Romania

How can a resource be allocated 120%, at least if it's a single individual
person? That means that somehow over the course of, say, 8 working hours he
can magically accomplish what regular people would take almost 10 hours to
accomplish. This is generally not an accurate depiction of reality.


--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

I have 2 activities, one lasts 3 days, the other 4 days. They overlap for
two
days (days 2 and 3 of the first activity and 1 and 2 of the second). I
have
one resource, with 120% availability. This resource will be allocated 100%
to
the first activity, and 10% to the second. For the 2 overlaping days, I
want
that the resource be paid for the 10% alocated to the second activity as
overtime. When I define the overtime work, even though initially the work
spent by the resource over the 4 days of the second activity was evenly
distributed, it ends on one single day (as overtime). Is it possible to
spread it evenly over the 4 days of the second activity?
many thanks
Ionut Lambrescu

 

[Steve House]

That's fine, but how many hours per day does his calendar say he works? The
assignment percentage is NOT the amount of his workday spent on each task -
I think of it more as an indicator of how fast he converts time into work
output. If his working day calendar says he works 10 hours in a day and he
has 2 tasks, one lasting 8 hours and the other lasting 2 hours, he is
working 100% on each. Since your original post referred to overtime,
though, perhaps we have a different issue. I am having a hard time getting
your numbers to add up though. If the resource was working on just one task
at a time and worked for just his normal 8 hours per day workday on just
those tasks, how long would it take him to complete each one? By the way,
0800 to 1600 isn't likely to be an 8 hour day unless the resources doesn't
take lunch - you really need to include the break allowance else your work
and durations will get out of sync by a very signifigant amount very
quickly. So if he's on the property from 0800-1600 and gets 30min for
lunch, thats 7.5 working hours, not 8, and your calendar really needs to
reflect that detail.
--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

Dear Steve,
Thank you for your answer regarding my 120% allocation.
What I had in mind was that the person will work 10 hours a day, let us
say
8 hours for a task, from 8 to 16 and another 2 hours, from 16 to 18 for
the
second task. This is the situation I want to model.
Thank you in advance for your help,
Kind regards
Professor Ionut Lambrescu
Blvd Bucuresti nr. 39
Ploiesti 100680
Romania

How can a resource be allocated 120%, at least if it's a single
individual
person? That means that somehow over the course of, say, 8 working hours
he
can magically accomplish what regular people would take almost 10 hours
to
accomplish. This is generally not an accurate depiction of reality.


--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

I have 2 activities, one lasts 3 days, the other 4 days. They overlap
for
two
days (days 2 and 3 of the first activity and 1 and 2 of the second). I
have
one resource, with 120% availability. This resource will be allocated
100%
to
the first activity, and 10% to the second. For the 2 overlaping days, I
want
that the resource be paid for the 10% alocated to the second activity
as
overtime. When I define the overtime work, even though initially the
work
spent by the resource over the 4 days of the second activity was evenly
distributed, it ends on one single day (as overtime). Is it possible to
spread it evenly over the 4 days of the second activity?
many thanks
Ionut Lambrescu

 

[Ionut]

Dear Steve,
Many thanks. I will try to model the problem using different callendars.
Kind regards
Ionut

That's fine, but how many hours per day does his calendar say he works? The
assignment percentage is NOT the amount of his workday spent on each task -
I think of it more as an indicator of how fast he converts time into work
output. If his working day calendar says he works 10 hours in a day and he
has 2 tasks, one lasting 8 hours and the other lasting 2 hours, he is
working 100% on each. Since your original post referred to overtime,
though, perhaps we have a different issue. I am having a hard time getting
your numbers to add up though. If the resource was working on just one task
at a time and worked for just his normal 8 hours per day workday on just
those tasks, how long would it take him to complete each one? By the way,
0800 to 1600 isn't likely to be an 8 hour day unless the resources doesn't
take lunch - you really need to include the break allowance else your work
and durations will get out of sync by a very signifigant amount very
quickly. So if he's on the property from 0800-1600 and gets 30min for
lunch, thats 7.5 working hours, not 8, and your calendar really needs to
reflect that detail.
--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

Dear Steve,
Thank you for your answer regarding my 120% allocation.
What I had in mind was that the person will work 10 hours a day, let us
say
8 hours for a task, from 8 to 16 and another 2 hours, from 16 to 18 for
the
second task. This is the situation I want to model.
Thank you in advance for your help,
Kind regards
Professor Ionut Lambrescu
Blvd Bucuresti nr. 39
Ploiesti 100680
Romania

How can a resource be allocated 120%, at least if it's a single
individual
person? That means that somehow over the course of, say, 8 working hours
he
can magically accomplish what regular people would take almost 10 hours
to
accomplish. This is generally not an accurate depiction of reality.


--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

I have 2 activities, one lasts 3 days, the other 4 days. They overlap
for
two
days (days 2 and 3 of the first activity and 1 and 2 of the second). I
have
one resource, with 120% availability. This resource will be allocated
100%
to
the first activity, and 10% to the second. For the 2 overlaping days, I
want
that the resource be paid for the 10% alocated to the second activity
as
overtime. When I define the overtime work, even though initially the
work
spent by the resource over the 4 days of the second activity was evenly
distributed, it ends on one single day (as overtime). Is it possible to
spread it evenly over the 4 days of the second activity?
many thanks
Ionut Lambrescu