Multiple resources on one task

Hi all
I'm a little rusty. I'm working in 2010.
I have been given the durations (in days) that tasks will take. I have multiple resources, all of whom will be working on the same tasks, all assigned units will differ, example, resource A will spend 60%, B will spend 20% and C will spend 20%.
Apparently each resource with have a different number of effective hours per day.
How should I handle this in the schedule?
thanks
JD
J Day

Hi J Day,
1- You can set the task type based on your business context. You can for example set your task to fixed unit. Doing this, if the work increases, the duration will increase accordingly and the %unit will be kept. Thus you'll see a duration variance.
2- Be aware that setting the max unit of a resource in the resource sheet is NOT taken into account while assigning the resource on a task. It is only used to flag weither or not a resource is overallocated. For example, if you set the resource A has
a max unit of 50% (4hrs/day) and then you assign it at 100% on a task, it will be assign at 8hrs thus shown as overallocated. Project will not make the calculation that the 100% you set in the assignment is 100% of 50%, meaning 4hrs. You have to do this calculation
by yourself while creating assignments. Note also that the max unit is used when you assign a resource without entering a %unit; Project will take by default the max unit. Hope this is clear.
Hope this helps,
Guillaume Rouyre, MBA, MCP, MCTS |

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