help with setting resources (equipment) in MS Project
Anonymous
hello ppl
this may be a newbie question, but i cannot seem to solve it...
i am a video editor and i often endeavour in several connected tasks, so i am creating a project to do a proper estimation of times and costs and resource assignments.
i entered the human operators as a work resource, but i really need to enter computers as well and this is where my problems start.
i want to know mainly if their use is overallocated
there are certain tasks where they are useless if not operated by humans, tasks that do require human intervention.
there are other tasks where they can work on their own
they are equipment and i don't know how to set them.
not as a work resource, because when they are driven by humans, assigning the computer and a human resource would split in half the task duration.
certainly not as materials, because their use is not measured in units, and because such a resource cannot be overallocated.
i hope i made myself clear
thank you very much
ps. i use microsoft project 2003 Saving Changes...
Quick answer: Treat the computers as resources, otherwise you cannot track over and under allocation.
Also, turn off the "effort driven" option for all your tasks, so the duration does not get cut in half when you add the extra resource to the task. Even better, take a good, hard look at the fixed duration/work/units setting, and select the best option for your type of work. I would bet that fixed duration will be a better way to model your work than the default (fixed units).
Quick answer: Treat the computers as resources, otherwise you cannot track over and under allocation.
Also, turn off the "effort driven" option for all your tasks, so the duration does not get cut in half when you add the extra resource to the task. Even better, take a good, hard look at the fixed duration/work/units setting, and select the best option for your type of work. I would bet that fixed duration will be a better way to model your work than the default (fixed units).
