And, what is the reason for wanting to display resources as you enter them? In other words, what is your end goal? In reply to John - Project's post on December 12, Hi John,. In reply to BooksandBirds's post on December 12, BooksandBirds, Yes that makes perfect sense. May I suggest you use and display an extra text field on the Gantt Chart view to indicate the task lead guy. That way, it's real clear and you don't have to worry about the order of resources in the Resource Names field.
You could even show the lead guy's name next to the Gantt Bar for a little more visual emphasis. You do this by changing the text associated with each of the Gantt Bar styles. By default, the Resource Names field is displayed after the bar so you would simply change that to be the text field you are using for the lead guy. This site in other languages x.
Once I have all the tasks assigned I would then assign resources. There is lots of difference between the two. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. The Microsoft Press Store by Pearson. Microsoft Project supports three types of resources. These are work resources, as well as two special-purpose resources: cost and material.
Briefly, here is how to think about the three resource types:. Work resources include the people and equipment needed to complete the tasks in a project. Cost resources represent a financial cost associated with a task that you need to account for. Examples include categories of expenses like travel, entertainment, and so on. Material resources are consumables that you use up as the project proceeds.
For example, a construction project might need to track steel or concrete as it is used throughout the project. In this chapter you will set up work and cost resources. In this chapter, you will set up the work and cost resources that you need to complete the new book launch at Lucerne Publishing. Effective resource management is one of the most powerful advantages of using Project instead of task-focused planning tools, such as paper-based organizers.
You do not need to set up resources and assign them to tasks in Project; however, without this information, you might be less effective in managing your schedule. Setting up resource information in Project takes a little effort, but the time is well spent if your project is primarily driven by time or cost constraints and nearly all projects are driven by one, if not both, of these factors. If you are running Project Professional, you may need to make a one-time setting change.
This helps ensure that the practice files you work with in this chapter do not affect your Project Server data. Work resources are the people and equipment that do the work of the project. Project focuses on two aspects of work resources: their availability and their costs. Availability determines when specific resources can work on tasks and how much work they can perform, and costs refer to how much money will be required to pay for those resources. Groups of people who have common skills.
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