30 projects and 3 engineers

[Andy]

I have a set of 30 jobs (projects) that have both length
of time estimates and delivery dates. I am looking for a
program that is useful in helping assign as many of these
30 to three engineers, based on availability. Is MS
Project a good solution for this? Do I make each of the
30 jobs a project? or a task? Any other suggestions?

 

[Gérard Ducouret]

Hello Andy,



Of course, MS Project can do that : it's its main aim.

But you asked the good question : how will you organize your 30 projects.

Three more questions :

- What is the average number of tasks (rows) in your projects

- How many people will have to setup the plans and to track the
progress : the 3 engineers ?

- Are the 3 engineers the resources in all the 30 projects, or each
engineer has a specific set of projects ?



Gérard Ducouret

 

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-----Original Message-----
Hello Andy,



Of course, MS Project can do that : it's its main aim.

But you asked the good question : how will you organize your 30 projects.

Three more questions :

- What is the average number of tasks (rows) in

your projects EACH PROJECT HAS ABOUT 15 - 20 TASKS, THE
FIRST TASK IS HAVING A DRAWING COMPLETED. MY THOUGHT WAS
TO IMPLEMENT MS PROJECT FOR THE PROJECTS WITH JUST THE
DRAWING GROUP FIRST, THEN ADD THE ADDITIONAL TASKS AND
ISSUES ONCE WE COULD SHOW PEOPLE HOW THIS WORKED

 

[Gérard Ducouret]

Andy,
The solutions to manage your projects are quite open : you don't have very
restricting rules. So you can organise them as you want. But why not stay
simple : if you have only one person for the project tracking, may be you
can keep all the 30 projects in the same file : 600 rows will not generate a
tremendous file.



Gérard Ducouret



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-----Original Message-----
Hello Andy,



Of course, MS Project can do that : it's its main aim.

But you asked the good question : how will you organize your 30 projects.

Three more questions :

- What is the average number of tasks (rows) in

your projects EACH PROJECT HAS ABOUT 15 - 20 TASKS, THE
FIRST TASK IS HAVING A DRAWING COMPLETED. MY THOUGHT WAS
TO IMPLEMENT MS PROJECT FOR THE PROJECTS WITH JUST THE
DRAWING GROUP FIRST, THEN ADD THE ADDITIONAL TASKS AND
ISSUES ONCE WE COULD SHOW PEOPLE HOW THIS WORKED

 

[Guest]

Thank you

-----Original Message-----
Andy,
The solutions to manage your projects are quite open : you don't have very
restricting rules. So you can organise them as you want. But why not stay
simple : if you have only one person for the project tracking, may be you
can keep all the 30 projects in the same file : 600 rows will not generate a
tremendous file.



Gérard Ducouret



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your projects EACH PROJECT HAS ABOUT 15 - 20 TASKS, THE
FIRST TASK IS HAVING A DRAWING COMPLETED. MY THOUGHT WAS
TO IMPLEMENT MS PROJECT FOR THE PROJECTS WITH JUST THE
DRAWING GROUP FIRST, THEN ADD THE ADDITIONAL TASKS AND
ISSUES ONCE WE COULD SHOW PEOPLE HOW THIS WORKED


.

 

[Steve House]

FYI - the "task" is doing the drawing, not having it completed. "Drawing
Complete" is a state of being and if tracked in the project it is a
milestone, a checkpoint, something with zero duration. The task is the
physical activity of preparing the drawing itself - it is an observable
action producing a quantifiable output and extending for a measurable length
of time, its duration. The project is the sum total of all the various
activities that go into creating its deliverables. It's vital to remember
that the project is not the list of deliverables and milestones, it is the
list of actions that go into creating those deliverables and so moving
forward from milestone to milestone.

Steve House
MS Project MVP


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-----Original Message-----
Hello Andy,



Of course, MS Project can do that : it's its main aim.

But you asked the good question : how will you organize your 30 projects.

Three more questions :

- What is the average number of tasks (rows) in

your projects EACH PROJECT HAS ABOUT 15 - 20 TASKS, THE
FIRST TASK IS HAVING A DRAWING COMPLETED. MY THOUGHT WAS
TO IMPLEMENT MS PROJECT FOR THE PROJECTS WITH JUST THE
DRAWING GROUP FIRST, THEN ADD THE ADDITIONAL TASKS AND
ISSUES ONCE WE COULD SHOW PEOPLE HOW THIS WORKED