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From: Jason on 28 Feb 2010 16:02 Quick background: I manage industrial projects from design, fabrication to installation. I have been asked by my company to schedule the work flow through microsoft project 2003. What is the best way to allocate resources to the fabrication? A typical scenario would be 6 pieces of equipment going through the shop at one time. I have the estimated hours for each piece of equipment. We run a shop that at peak levels has 20 fabricators. Can I simply have one resource called fabrication at 2000% and adjust the percentage of that resource assigned to each piece of equipment? An example would be an item that takes 200hrs to complete. That would typically have three fabricators working full time (10hr/day) or would be complete in 7 working days. Can I have a single fabrication resource? Or do I need 20 seperate fabricator resources? Thanks Jason
From: JulieS on 28 Feb 2010 16:15 Hello Jason, If you haven't any need to specifically identify one of the 20 fabricators for purposes of pay rate or holiday time, I would set up the multiple unit resource such as you suggest. If all 20 of your fabricators work the 10-hour shift shift that would mean a max. unit of 2000%. I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along. Julie Project MVP Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information about Microsoft Project On 2/28/2010 4:02 PM, Jason wrote: > Quick background: I manage industrial projects from design, fabrication to > installation. I have been asked by my company to schedule the work flow > through microsoft project 2003. > > What is the best way to allocate resources to the fabrication? A typical > scenario would be 6 pieces of equipment going through the shop at one time. I > have the estimated hours for each piece of equipment. We run a shop that at > peak levels has 20 fabricators. Can I simply have one resource called > fabrication at 2000% and adjust the percentage of that resource assigned to > each piece of equipment? > > An example would be an item that takes 200hrs to complete. That would > typically have three fabricators working full time (10hr/day) or would be > complete in 7 working days. > > Can I have a single fabrication resource? Or do I need 20 seperate > fabricator resources? > > Thanks > > Jason
From: Jason on 28 Feb 2010 17:11 How do I go about applying the resource to the task? If 2000% is max but only 300% would work on the project in reality? How do I incorporate the 200 estimated time it takes to build a piece of equipment when in reality the duration with 3 fabricators working 10hr/day is 6-7 days? Thanks "JulieS" wrote: > Hello Jason, > > If you haven't any need to specifically identify one of the 20 > fabricators for purposes of pay rate or holiday time, I would set > up the multiple unit resource such as you suggest. If all 20 of > your fabricators work the 10-hour shift shift that would mean a > max. unit of 2000%. > > I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along. > > Julie > Project MVP > > Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional > information about Microsoft Project > > On 2/28/2010 4:02 PM, Jason wrote: > > Quick background: I manage industrial projects from design, fabrication to > > installation. I have been asked by my company to schedule the work flow > > through microsoft project 2003. > > > > What is the best way to allocate resources to the fabrication? A typical > > scenario would be 6 pieces of equipment going through the shop at one time. I > > have the estimated hours for each piece of equipment. We run a shop that at > > peak levels has 20 fabricators. Can I simply have one resource called > > fabrication at 2000% and adjust the percentage of that resource assigned to > > each piece of equipment? > > > > An example would be an item that takes 200hrs to complete. That would > > typically have three fabricators working full time (10hr/day) or would be > > complete in 7 working days. > > > > Can I have a single fabrication resource? Or do I need 20 seperate > > fabricator resources? > > > > Thanks > > > > Jason > . >
From: JulieS on 28 Feb 2010 17:23 Hello Jason, I am a big fan of splitting the screen from the Gantt chart to show the Task Form in the lower pane. Choose Window > Split, to show the task form. After you have created the resources on the resource sheet, you can use the Task form to select the resource, assign the assignment units (under Units), enter the work and Project will recalculate the duration of the task based upon the work you entered and the resource units you entered. I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along. Julie Project MVP Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information about Microsoft Project On 2/28/2010 5:11 PM, Jason wrote: > How do I go about applying the resource to the task? If 2000% is max but only > 300% would work on the project in reality? > > How do I incorporate the 200 estimated time it takes to build a piece of > equipment when in reality the duration with 3 fabricators working 10hr/day is > 6-7 days? > > Thanks > > "JulieS" wrote: > >> Hello Jason, >> >> If you haven't any need to specifically identify one of the 20 >> fabricators for purposes of pay rate or holiday time, I would set >> up the multiple unit resource such as you suggest. If all 20 of >> your fabricators work the 10-hour shift shift that would mean a >> max. unit of 2000%. >> >> I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along. >> >> Julie >> Project MVP >> >> Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional >> information about Microsoft Project >> >> On 2/28/2010 4:02 PM, Jason wrote: >>> Quick background: I manage industrial projects from design, fabrication to >>> installation. I have been asked by my company to schedule the work flow >>> through microsoft project 2003. >>> >>> What is the best way to allocate resources to the fabrication? A typical >>> scenario would be 6 pieces of equipment going through the shop at one time. I >>> have the estimated hours for each piece of equipment. We run a shop that at >>> peak levels has 20 fabricators. Can I simply have one resource called >>> fabrication at 2000% and adjust the percentage of that resource assigned to >>> each piece of equipment? >>> >>> An example would be an item that takes 200hrs to complete. That would >>> typically have three fabricators working full time (10hr/day) or would be >>> complete in 7 working days. >>> >>> Can I have a single fabrication resource? Or do I need 20 seperate >>> fabricator resources? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Jason >> . >>
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