Resource Plan - Show Total Work option not working as expected ...

[Mauricio I]

Hi,

I am creating a Resource Plan for a project with three named resources; this
project will take a full year starting 01/01/08 ending 12/31/08. Now I want
to add 5 FTEs for Resource A, 2 for Resource B and 3 for Resource C.

Since I want to reserve these resources for the full year I selected the
Show Total Work option. Here's one problem: after checking this option I
can't modify the values for each resource.

Anyway I found a workaround to this issue: deselecting the Show total work
option and changing the comun interval to Years. Now I have another question:
I entered the 5, 2 and 3 values for the FTE's in the project; if I now change
the column interval to show months I see that Project assigned time to the
resources in a somehow random method: Resource A was assigned 6.81 on April,
6.59 in May, 6.5 in June and so forth; Resource B was assigned 2.97 in
January, 2.9 in February. Can someone explain what's the algorithm Project is
following when spreading this data across the monthly intervals?

Thanks in advance

Mauricio I

 

[Jonathan Sofer]

My two cents is that in my experience resource plans are not a very stable
feature of 2007 and I also find that FTE's do not translate very well when
allocating them at a higher interval and then expecting them to show
correctly at the lower intervals.

My suggestion is that you enter your FTE's in the lowest unit that you
require. For instance, entering in months rather than year and not expectin
the weeks or days to be completely accurate.

Also, try to look at the option available in Server Settings>Additional
Server Settings>Resource Plan Work Day
Resource Plan Work Day
Enter the average length of the work day for all resources in a
resource plan. The resource plan owner can use this average for all
resources in the plan or use the individual resource calendar settings to
calculate availability.


Jonathan

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Mauricio ,

Try posting on the server newsgroup. Please see FAQ Item: 24. Project
Newsgroups. FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information
can be seen at this web address: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

Mike Glen
Project MVP

 

[Mauricio I]

Wow!!! I did not realize I was on ther wrong discussion group.

Thanks Mike

 

[Mike Glen]

You're welcome, Mauricio, no problem, and I hope you get an answer there


Mike Glen
MS Project MVP
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