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From: Piotrek on 16 Dec 2009 12:19 Hello, I have resources (workers) which have different productivity - I mean, one of them ompletes given task in shorter time than the other one. Can I set it somehow in MS Project?
From: Jim Aksel on 16 Dec 2009 18:23 If you assign Speedy Gonzales, associate 16 hours of work to the task. If you assign Slow Poke Paul, associate 24 hours of work to the task. Project will calculate the duration for you if you left the task type as the default (fixed units). Project has no ability to know that "Paint House" will take different numbers of hours depending on resources assigned. If you want to dig really deep into it, I have an acquaintance that does things similar to this. He scores resources based on skills, motivation, and experience. After he's done working with your team, his macros and the like will (in effect) do that for you. -- If this post was helpful, please consider rating it. Jim Aksel, MVP Check out my blog for more information: http://www.msprojectblog.com "Piotrek" wrote: > Hello, > > I have resources (workers) which have different productivity - I mean, one > of them ompletes given task in shorter time than the other one. Can I set it > somehow in MS Project? > > > . >
From: Piotrek on 21 Dec 2009 14:01 Jim Aksel wrote: > If you assign Speedy Gonzales, associate 16 hours of work to the task. > If you assign Slow Poke Paul, associate 24 hours of work to the task. > Project will calculate the duration for you if you left the task type as > the > default (fixed units). Project has no ability to know that "Paint House" > will take different numbers of hours depending on resources assigned. > If you want to dig really deep into it, I have an acquaintance that does > things similar to this. He scores resources based on skills, motivation, > and > experience. After he's done working with your team, his macros and the > like will (in effect) do that for you. I see. I think I will do that in this simpler way - playing with macros would be an overkill for my needs. Thanks a lot!
From: "Steve House" sjhouse at hotmail dot on 22 Dec 2009 06:12
I think you should ask yourself if the diffence between the two is enough that it will actually matter for planning purposes. Remember that work and duration are always estimates until you actually go do the work and the normal uncertainty of the estimate could easily be greater than any difference in productivity between the two resources anyway. If Joe works 4 hours per day while Bill owrks 8, that's one thing. But if Joe averages 90 widgets per hour while Bill averages 110, is that a signifigant enough difference to affect your scheduling? -- Steve House MS Project Trainer & Consultant "Piotrek" <niedziala(a)gazeta.pl> wrote in message news:hgogjg$8q$1(a)inews.gazeta.pl... > Jim Aksel wrote: > >> If you assign Speedy Gonzales, associate 16 hours of work to the task. >> If you assign Slow Poke Paul, associate 24 hours of work to the task. >> Project will calculate the duration for you if you left the task type as >> the >> default (fixed units). Project has no ability to know that "Paint House" >> will take different numbers of hours depending on resources assigned. >> If you want to dig really deep into it, I have an acquaintance that does >> things similar to this. He scores resources based on skills, motivation, >> and >> experience. After he's done working with your team, his macros and the >> like will (in effect) do that for you. > > I see. > > I think I will do that in this simpler way - playing with macros would be > an > overkill for my needs. > > Thanks a lot! |