Resource Grouping

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lk50

Hi there,

Is there a way of of grouping resources similar to having a summary
task.

For example if I have 3 Developers and I want to assign the developers
generice resource group to a task which is the sum total of the the
named resources.

Developers 300%
Person 1 100%
Person 2 100
Person 3 100%

Any ideas?

Many thanks.
 
P

Projectability

It is possible to group by whatever criteria (fields) you wish. There may be
a resource field which is common to the same group of people, for example
group or department and you can then group by this option in the
Project>Group>Group by dialogue box.

You can then apply this grouping to a view, by the sound of it the Resource
Usage view or Resource Sheet views might be best, experiment and see which
works.

One thing you CANNOT do is assign all 3 of your developers using a Generic
resource which represents their group/team - the Team Resource feature
allows you to assign work to a team where you know there is work to be done
by the team but don't know or care exactly who will be responsible for doing
the work - the team resources can then "Self Assign Team Tasks" provided
that your Generic Team resource is the "Team Assignment Pool".

I have a document entitled "How to create a Team Resource" in the Project
2007 how to document library on my website - only downside is you have to
register to be able to access it!

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lk50

Hi Dominic,

Thank you very much for your reply.

I am using MS Project 2007 Pro and I think the team resource feature is
only for Project Server is that right? If so, is there any other way
this can be done?

Many Thanks.
 
P

Projectability

Hi LK50

The Generic and Team resource features are limited to Project Server 2007.

You still have the option to define a custom resource field to represent
common attributes for your resources and you can use these to group as
suggested in the previous posting. If you are using "Pooled" resources it is
best to make these edits to the Resource Pool in read-write mode.

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Dominic Moss

Projectability - Helping People achieve more with Microsoft Project

Check the Downloads section on our Website for useful documents on both
Project Management and Microsoft Project

www.projectability.co.uk

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