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Pat
Looking for some advice.
An employee and contractor will be working together on the same task. The
employee's cost will be based on hours while the contractor's cost is fixed.
I have several tasks like this, and am trying to sort out the best way to
represent this in the project plan (MS Project of course). The options, as
I see it, are:
1. Enter the employees expected hours for the task (and list them as a
resource) and account for the contractors cost as a Fixed Cost. The problem
with this is that there is no connection between the Fixed Cost and the
contractor, so if I want to, say, see a summary of the contractors tasks and
cost I can't do it.
2. List the contractor as a "material" resource and assign to the task.
Although this will connect the cost to the contractor, I would then need to
define a "per unit" cost for the contractor, which seems a little awkward
since the contractors cost will vary between the different tasks they'll be
used on.
3. Split the task into two, one for employee and the other for the
contractor. This also seems awkward.
Any suggestions? Thanks, -Pat
An employee and contractor will be working together on the same task. The
employee's cost will be based on hours while the contractor's cost is fixed.
I have several tasks like this, and am trying to sort out the best way to
represent this in the project plan (MS Project of course). The options, as
I see it, are:
1. Enter the employees expected hours for the task (and list them as a
resource) and account for the contractors cost as a Fixed Cost. The problem
with this is that there is no connection between the Fixed Cost and the
contractor, so if I want to, say, see a summary of the contractors tasks and
cost I can't do it.
2. List the contractor as a "material" resource and assign to the task.
Although this will connect the cost to the contractor, I would then need to
define a "per unit" cost for the contractor, which seems a little awkward
since the contractors cost will vary between the different tasks they'll be
used on.
3. Split the task into two, one for employee and the other for the
contractor. This also seems awkward.
Any suggestions? Thanks, -Pat