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From: aceofclubs37 on 27 May 2010 16:01 i have a problem with a task cost. i have a programmer quoting me for a portion of a project, however there are tasks throughout the project related to the quote. Curently when i try my different costing options it takes the quote value and applies it against each instance of a task related to the quote. I have test "cost", "work", and "material" type costing however i cannot configure that to work. i understand the summary task cost concept, however that is now how my project is setup. these programmer tasks are a part of other summary tasks. So what i am trying to obtain is one cost from this programmer, related to multiple task throughout the project. Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
From: Jim Aksel on 27 May 2010 16:49 If you want to see how much a resource is costing you for all their effort on a project, go to the resource sheet and insert the Cost column. As you said, be careful not to book a resource against summary tasks and also detail tasks underneath that same summary ... that's double dipping to an extent. -- Jim Aksel, MVP Check my blog for more info: http://www.msprojectblog.com This newsgroup is moving, try here too: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/addbuz/threads "aceofclubs37" wrote: > i have a problem with a task cost. i have a programmer quoting me for a > portion of a project, however there are tasks throughout the project related > to the quote. > > Curently when i try my different costing options it takes the quote value > and applies it against each instance of a task related to the quote. I have > test "cost", "work", and "material" type costing however i cannot configure > that to work. > > i understand the summary task cost concept, however that is now how my > project is setup. these programmer tasks are a part of other summary tasks. > > So what i am trying to obtain is one cost from this programmer, related to > multiple task throughout the project. > > Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
From: "Steve House" sjhouse at hotmail dot on 28 May 2010 06:41
A quoted fixed price for a task is entered as a Fixed Cost in the cost table in the Gantt Chart. Your problem is that the quote you have is not for one individual task but rather for a sumber of tasks and Project has no mechanism to automatically dirstibute the quoted price over a group of individual tasks. You can do it manually, dividing the quote by the number of tasks it covers and applying each fraction to the idividual tasks, or better, ctreae a summary task "Programmer's Stuff" and indent all the tasks he does as subtasks under it. Then enter the quote in the Fixed Cost field for the summary task - Fixed Cost is one of the very few summary task fields that is actually editable. Work Resources are effectively paid an hourly wage, regardless of how you enter the values. Let's say one of your resources is the Vice President and she earns $100,000 per year. You enter her Standard Rate in the Resource Sheet as "100000/year". During June she is schedule to attend a 1-hour meeting. To calculate her portion of the cost of the meeting, Project divides her $100,000 salary by the number of work hours in a year, about 2000, so she effectively earns $50 per hour. The meeting consumes 1 man-hour of her time so the meeting costs $50. Material Resources are consumables, things used up during tasks or things incorporated into the task deliverables - fuel for a truck, paint for a wall, a server installed in a computer centre. They are entered in the Resource Sheet with their per unit cost in the Standard Rate field and when you assign them to a task you estimate the number of units that the task will consume. "Paint", Type=Material, Label=Gallons, StdRate = $25. Task is Paint Master Bedroom. Assign resource Paint to the task at 5 units and Project calculates the cost at $125 plus tha painter's wages. Cost Resources (2007) are items that you need to track but that do not have a fixed per unit cost. For example, here in Ontario, Canada, a pretty typical per diem rate for travel meal reimbursemnt is $55. But if you travel up into the Arctic Nunavut the costs of fodd is much higher and a per diem allowance of $125 is more common. You would enter Per Diem as a cost resoure in the resource sheet. Then when you "assign" it to a task, you supply the actual dollar amount you estimate it will be in the resource assignment infomation for that task - $220 if the task requires 4 days travel in Ontario but $500 if the task requires 4 days travel in Nunavut. -- Steve House MS Project Trainer & Consultant "aceofclubs37" <aceofclubs37(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EE8B685C-FC03-4044-85F9-53672FE21C93(a)microsoft.com... >i have a problem with a task cost. i have a programmer quoting me for a > portion of a project, however there are tasks throughout the project > related > to the quote. > > Curently when i try my different costing options it takes the quote value > and applies it against each instance of a task related to the quote. I > have > test "cost", "work", and "material" type costing however i cannot > configure > that to work. > > i understand the summary task cost concept, however that is now how my > project is setup. these programmer tasks are a part of other summary > tasks. > > So what i am trying to obtain is one cost from this programmer, related to > multiple task throughout the project. > > Thank you in advance for any suggestions. |