Spreading the workload to assigned resources of a task

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MathiasEMP

Hi!

I've opened a new project and added one fixed work task in which I've
entered that it needs 1080 hours of work to be completed (135 days). To this
task I want to add eight resources, four 100% and four 50%. The project
calenders is adjusted with christmas holidays, and the individual resources
have their calender adjusted with their days off.

Now, I'd like MSP to divide the work and calculate the duration so that all
resources will work every day until the work is completed. But MSP just
divides the work with the numbers of assigned resources, without caring of
the assignment reat (100% or 50%). So, each resource is assigned with 1080 /
8 = 135 hrs of work.

This means that the resources that is assigned 100% will finish earlier than
those with 50% assignment. And those with least time off for vacation will
finish first. ´

But I want MSP to calculate so that the amount of work is assigned so that
all will finish on the same day and the duration will be the shortest.

Can this be done?

Best regards

Mathias
 
D

Darrell

I think if you add the 4 resources allocated at 100% first and let MSP
caluculate their work, and then add the 4 resources with a 50% allocation,
MSP will recalculate the work so that those at 100% will have 180hrs and
those at 50% will have 90hrs with all tasks ending on the same day.

Darrell
 
D

Dave

You will have to do it manually as Project does not know what your
intentions are.

You could start with the task as fixed units and assign the resources at
the level you require. Then extend the task to the duration required to
give the correct amount of work. Then change it to fixed work.
 
M

MathiasEMP

Hi Darrel,

Good idea but in my case it doesn't solve the problem, since the different
resources doesn't work the same amount of time (some have some vacation) it
ends up better than before but still the same problem!

Best regards

Mathias
 

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